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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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FamiliesSummary
School Social Worker Lucile Hamner writes that the Davenport family, who is raising Marie, "is hard-working and thrifty."Tribe(s)
Sac and Fox
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Families, Leaving GenoaSummary
School Social Worker Lucile Hamner claims that Molly is missing school due to helping the family gather nuts to sell.Tribe(s)
Sac and Fox
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Families, Labor, Training and Outing, Leaving GenoaSummary
Form states Lucy only attended lower grades, received training at Genoa as a housekeeper, and has three children attending Genoa.Tribe(s)
OmahaPeople
Lucy Saunsoci Black
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FamiliesSummary
School Social Worker Lucile Hamner claims Lillian's mother is "glad" her daughter is at Genoa rather than at home and claims the family has a "bad reputation."Tribe(s)
Winnebago
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Families, Health, Disease and Mortality, Labor, Training and Outing, Leaving GenoaSummary
Form states William attended Genoa for about a year, is working in farming for his father, and did not attend school longer because he "has always been sickly."Tribe(s)
Omaha
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FamiliesSummary
School Social Worker Lucile Hamner makes claims about the condition of the Drapeau family and home.Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Families, Leaving GenoaSummary
Form states Lizzie attended Genoa for two years, is a housewife, has five children (including one at Genoa), and that she and her husband earn $600 per year farming 80 acres of Lizzie's land.Tribe(s)
OmahaPeople
Lizzie Cook Blackbird
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FamiliesSummary
School Social Worker Lucile Hamner makes claims about the condition of the Drapeau family and home.Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Families, Labor, Training and Outing, Leaving GenoaSummary
Form states Pearly keeps house, farms 80 acres of her own land, and has three children attending school in Pender, Nebraska.Tribe(s)
OmahaPeople
Pearly Campbell Essex
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Families, Leaving GenoaSummary
Form notes Frank farms with his father, Howard Fox, and owns 440 acres of land.Tribe(s)
Omaha
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality, Leaving GenoaSummary
Document describes relationship between multiple members of the Webster and Fremont families as well as general living situation.People
Julia, Morgan, Ida, Robert Smith, Theresa Lyndell, Emily Smith Hollowell Lovejoy, Jennie Solomon, Francis Grant, J. R. Asley Decatur, Grace G. Hallowell, Emily, Susan, Julia, Charley Fremont, Leona, Mrs. Emily Webster, Mrs. Webster, Mr. Webster, Sarah, Mary Pappan Mitchell, Mrs. Mitchel, Louis Webster, Mrs. Mitchell, Helen Fields, John Fremont, Emily Webster, Annie Webster, Sarah Webster, Annie Webster, Leona Webster, Rebecca Fremont, James Fremont, Norman Fremont, Hazel, May, Emily Fremont
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FamiliesSummary
School Social Worker Lucile Hamner complains about not being let into the home to interview the family and lists people she believes live in the home.Tribe(s)
Winnebago