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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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Digital Heritage
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "So I will have a place to where I can prepare myself to be a better citizen."Tribe(s)
Omaha
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Have been in public school but it is a long way to walk in the winter and my parents have no funds for support."Tribe(s)
Omaha
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "So I could keep out of miscief and it won't be so hard for my mother."Tribe(s)
Winnebago
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Because I wish to go on with my schooling."Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as, "This boy has no home and should continue his education."Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "To finish my education."Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Living too far from the nearest school and parents have no money to pay for expenses to school."Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Topic
Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Bessie has good possibilities in Indian Arts field. Our Arts teacher says she is particularly good. She should have the opportunities offered at Santa Fe."Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Live to far from Public sch."Tribe(s)
Oglala Sioux
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "To take up vocational work."Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "To learn a trade or occupation."Tribe(s)
Sioux