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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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gdp-dc0024-0028-001
Topic
Families, Leaving Genoa
Summary
Regarding approval to return students to home for farm work.
gdp-dc0024-0029-001
Topic
Families, Leaving Genoa
Summary
Regarding the return of students to home for farm work.
gdp-dc0024-0030-001
Topic
Families, Leaving Genoa
Summary
Regarding students returning home early to assist with farm work.
gdp-dc0024-0031-001
Topic
Families, Leaving Genoa
Summary
Regarding students returning home early to assist with farm work.
gdp-dc0024-0032-001
Topic
Families, Leaving Genoa
Summary
Regarding students returning home early to assist with farm work.
gdp-dc0024-0033-001
Topic
Families, Leaving Genoa
Summary
Regarding students returning home early to assist with farm work.
gdp-kc0036-0156-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as, "No fixed habitation."
gdp-kc0036-0067-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "This child lives within reach of a public school and is permitted to attend. The home of the child is very poor and the environment is not good. Wards of the government."
Tribe(s)
Santee Sioux
gdp-kc0036-0068-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "This child lives within reach of a public school and is permitted to attend. The home of the child is very poor and the environment is not good. Wards of the government."
Tribe(s)
Santee Sioux
gdp-ok0001-0007-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Tribe(s)
Cheyenne, Arapaho
gdp-ok0001-0061-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.
Tribe(s)
Cheyenne
gdp-ok0001-0024-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Step Mother does not exercise controll. Too old and Decrepit."
Tribe(s)
Arapaho