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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 reason for enrollment as "I am unable to secure this opportunity elsewhere."Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
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Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Because I like the Indian School."Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
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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 "Too great a distance from home."Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
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Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Because there isn't any Catholic school near enough my home to attend."Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
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Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
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
Digital Heritage
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "I recommend this boy be accepted for enrollment."Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
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Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document lists reason for enrollment as "I live 30 miles from a high school and cannot go any other way."Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
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Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "For the same purpose that other children were enrolled"Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "I can not continue my schooling unless I attend a government school."Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "This child is an orphan and stays with an aunt who lives a long distance from public school, and it is impossible for him to attend there."Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "I do not like to go the Oglala Boarding school. I would like a change."Tribe(s)
Sioux