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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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Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "To learn a trade and music."Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Joe is unusually large for this age and did not get along so very well at the public school at Martin. He attended the Oglala Boarding School during the present school year."Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "This pupil lives near the Batesland Public School. However, her father is desperately poor, and has a family of eight children. For this reason I recommend the pupil's enrollment at the Rapid City Indian School."Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "This pupil lives ten miles from a public school. His parents are not financially able to send him away from home."Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "My parents cannot afford to pay my way back to Flandreare."Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "This pupil lives near the Batesland Public School. However, her father is desperately poor, and has a family of eight children. For this reason I recommend the pupil's enrollment at the Rapid City Indian School."Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "To get an education."Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "My parents are not able to send me to a public school."Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "There are no public school facilities available near his home."Tribe(s)
Sioux