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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-kc0001-0363-001
Topic
Education and Curriculum, Families
Summary
Document lists scores for Loyd Henry Mesteth in various subjects for grades 9 through 11, taken between 1929 and 1932.
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-de0001-0164-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "The applicant does not live within distance to High School that he can attend."
Tribe(s)
Shoshone
gdp-kc0013-0011-001
Topic
Families
Summary
Regarding Wilson Stabler's wish to return to Genoa in the fall.
gdp-kc0036-0134-003
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families
Summary
Regarding the acceptance of Mrs. Trudell's two girls into the school.
gdp-de0001-0013-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families
Summary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.
Tribe(s)
Shoshone
gdp-de0001-0170-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Parents do not live within reach of school facilities."
Tribe(s)
Shoshone
gdp-de0001-0229-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.
gdp-de0001-0015-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "public school too crowded to accommodate, mother unable to pay tuition, and home environment very bad."
Tribe(s)
Shoshone
gdp-de0001-0171-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Mother is dead, father remarried, and home conditions not satisfactory."
Tribe(s)
Shoshone
gdp-de0001-0020-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Mother of this girl can not control her - best that she be away from local environments."
Tribe(s)
Shoshone
gdp-de0001-0055-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.
Tribe(s)
Shoshone
gdp-de0001-0232-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.