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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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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "To finish high school course."Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Hazel is an orphan, and it will be impossible for her to go to school unless she is permitted to enroll in some boarding school."Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Leo C. Decker reports Leo and Mabel Peniska own 35 acres of land in good condition and that children work to help support the family.Tribe(s)
PoncaPeople
Leo Peniska, Mabel Peniska, Andrew, Leo, Clara, Irene, Vera, Lora, Larma, Paul, Mark, Elwood, Leo C. Decker
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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