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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-kc0005-0030-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.
Tribe(s)
Cheyenne
gdp-kc0013-0038-001
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Mother has never provided a home, has no home."
Tribe(s)
Omaha
gdp-kc0013-0017-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "I wish to enroll at an Indian School so as to have training I need."
Tribe(s)
Winnebago
gdp-kc0013-0050-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.
Tribe(s)
Omaha
gdp-kc0002-0306-001
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "To continue school."
Tribe(s)
Oglala Sioux
gdp-kc0002-0339-001
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "To continue my education."
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-kc0002-0317-001
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "I recommend the enrollment because this boy has artistic ability, and I believe that he could take advantage of the opportunities offered by the Santa Fe Indian School."
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-kc0002-0329-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "To continue school."
Tribe(s)
Oglala Sioux
gdp-kc0002-0307-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Am not very bright in studies and wish to learn a trade and take up athletics in which I am very good."
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-kc0002-0340-001
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Because she will get her education free there and would cost me much expense to send her there than to Public school. I have a big family to support, mostly are minor children."
Tribe(s)
Oglala Sioux
gdp-kc0002-0318-001
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "To finish my education."
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-kc0002-0330-001
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "I wish to go through high school and my parents can't afford to send me to a town."
Tribe(s)
Sioux