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Government records show that individuals from these tribal nations attended the U.S. Indian Industrial School at Genoa, Nebraska: Arapaho, Cheyenne, Chippewa, Cree, Crow, Flathead, Kickapoo, Kootenai, Mohawk, Oglala Sioux, Omaha, Paiute, Pend d'Oreille, Piegan Blackfeet, Ponca, Potawatomi, Rosebud Sioux, Sac and Fox, Santee Sioux, Shawnee, Shoshone, Sisseton Sioux, Standing Rock Sioux, Winnebago, and Yankton Sioux.
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Family have no lands and live with an aged grandfather who is helpless and blind. Home conditions are poor. Public school 2 1/2 miles."Tribe(s)
Ponca
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as, "Need of vocational training"Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Family have no lands and live with an aged grandfather who is helpless and blind. Home conditions are poor. Public school 2 1/2 miles."Tribe(s)
Ponca
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as, "This pupil is fatherless and mother has abandoned her and the grandfather cannot help her."Tribe(s)
Ponca
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as, "I cannot see my way clear to send my children here on account of disadvantages of keeping them properly fed and comfortable in cold weather."
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "This child lives about two miles from a public school and is permitted to attend."Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Home conditions are very poor. Parents are divorced. The mother who has custody of the child is in poor health and unable to provide. The father is indifferent and has failed to contribute to the child's support."Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "This child lives about 2 miles from a public school and the state laws permit it to attend."Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Families, Leaving GenoaSummary
Regarding Mrs. L.O. Haukaas's request to bring her daughter, Carrie, home to see her family.
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Regarding an enclosed application for a physician's examination information prior to acceptance to the school, and a request for its return once it is filled.People
Charles Antoine
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Coming to Genoa, FamiliesSummary
Regarding Mary Laden's absence when it was time for her to make the trip to Genoa on 6 Sept. 1916.
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FamiliesSummary
Regarding an inquiry about enrollment for two sibling brothers, ages 7 and 5.