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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
Regarding the enclosed letter from Alex White Man's father.
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Families, Leaving GenoaSummary
Regarding B. J. Young's trouble with his child or dependent, unnamed here, after he ran away from Genoa, and request to "Mr. Sherrie" to do something to help him with the boy.
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Coming to Genoa, FamiliesSummary
Regarding Wilber Decora's potential enrollment at Genoa.Tribe(s)
Winnebago
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Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Regarding Edna Thomas and her siblings' absence from school while their father is sick, and a request for her and her siblings to return.
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FamiliesSummary
Regarding the poor home environment of an unnamed individual and a recommendation for "citizen Indians."
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Leaving GenoaSummary
Regarding the enclosed letter, a vacation application, and the unknown whereabouts of the mother of the student who wrote the letter.
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Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
School Social Worker Lucile Hamner reports on the household of Irene Wasekuk, age 15. Hamner states that both parents are deceased and Irene resides with her sister Edith and her grandmother.Tribe(s)
Sac and Fox
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FamiliesSummary
School Social Worker D. Current reports on the family of Kenneth Decora, age 20, and comments on his upbringing.Tribe(s)
Winnebago
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FamiliesSummary
School Social Worker D. Current reports on the family and home life of Marvin Andrew Tasso, age 12. Current states that the grandmother would like to keep the boys at home, but sends them to Genoa due to economic reasons.Tribe(s)
Winnebago
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FamiliesSummary
An unknown school Social Worker reports on the home and family life of Robert Mallory, noting that Robert lives with his grandmother and commenting on the condition of the home and on the extended family.Tribe(s)
Winnebago
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Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
School Social Worker Lucile Hamner reports Frances Roberts's mother writes that Frances is dissatisfied at Genoa and wants to return home and enter the sanatorium.Tribe(s)
Sac and FoxPeople
Frances Roberts, John Robers, Nina Roberts, Wilson, Una, Dewey, Elmer, Ernest, Blanche, Isaac, Lucile Hamner
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FamiliesSummary
An unknown school Social Worker reports on the family and home life of Josephine Stabler, age 11. Report claims the family wants the children to attend school.Tribe(s)
Omaha