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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-kc0019-0027-001
Topic
Families
Summary
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
gdp-kc0019-0029-001
Topic
Families
Summary
School Social Worker Lucile Hamner writes approvingly of the Hensley house, but states Moses should go to school away from the reservation.
Tribe(s)
Winnebago
gdp-kc0019-0061-001
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
School Social Worker Lucile Hamner discusses Marie's mother's relationship with Oliver Lincoln.
Tribe(s)
Sac and Fox
gdp-kc0019-0062-001
Topic
Families
Summary
School Social Worker Lucile Hamner writes that the Davenport family, who is raising Marie, "is hard-working and thrifty."
Tribe(s)
Sac and Fox
gdp-kc0019-0063-001
Topic
Families, Leaving Genoa
Summary
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
gdp-kc0014-0002-001
Topic
Families, Labor, Training and Outing, Leaving Genoa
Summary
Form states Lucy only attended lower grades, received training at Genoa as a housekeeper, and has three children attending Genoa.
Tribe(s)
Omaha
gdp-kc0019-0095-001
Topic
Families
Summary
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
gdp-kc0014-0003-001
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and Mortality, Labor, Training and Outing, Leaving Genoa
Summary
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
gdp-kc0019-0096-001
Topic
Families
Summary
School Social Worker Lucile Hamner makes claims about the condition of the Drapeau family and home.
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-kc0014-0004-001
Topic
Families, Leaving Genoa
Summary
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)
Omaha
gdp-kc0019-0097-001
Topic
Families
Summary
School Social Worker Lucile Hamner makes claims about the condition of the Drapeau family and home.
Tribe(s)
Sioux