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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 "Because the distance to a public school is too great and I wish to continue my education."Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "no permanent home near any school."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 "I was never enrolled in an Indian government school."Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
Topic
Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "It is better at the present as we are without funds."Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Because there are no schools near by."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 "To continue my education."
Digital Heritage
Topic
Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "It is better at the present as we are without funds."Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Because there are no schools near by."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
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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