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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-kc0002-0345-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "To study a trade."
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-kc0002-0324-001
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Rapid City is a good school and I have other brothers there and wish all together."
Tribe(s)
Oglala Sioux
gdp-kc0002-0302-001
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Because of superior educational advantages of said school."
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-kc0002-0335-001
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "To continue my schooling."
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-kc0002-0313-001
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-kc0002-0346-001
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Living too far from school at home."
Tribe(s)
Oglala Sioux
gdp-kc0002-0258-001
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "For the same purpose that other children were enrolled"
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-kc0002-0269-001
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Because I am an Indian," and "I recommend the enrollment because this boy has artistic ability, and I believe he could take advantage of the opportunities offered by the Santa Fe Indian School."
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-kc0002-0248-001
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "To get benefit of board and learning."
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-kc0002-0280-001
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "This pupil lives too far from a public high school."
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-kc0002-0259-001
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "This pupil lives too far from a public high school."
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-kc0002-0293-001
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "It is better at the present as we are without funds."
Tribe(s)
Sioux