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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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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, Leaving GenoaSummary
Regarding Fern Vivier's request for a summer vacation.
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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
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FamiliesSummary
School Social Worker Lucile Hamner reports on the family and home life of Victor Little Bird. Hamner mentions three siblings, Lucinda, Clinton, and Frances.
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FamiliesSummary
School Social Worker Lucile Hamner reports on the family of Dewey Roberts, age 12, a former student at Genoa. Hamner details the reasons for his leaving Genoa, and family life and living conditions.Tribe(s)
Sac and Fox
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FamiliesSummary
School Social Worker Lucile Hamner reports on the education and family of Adam Sitting Crow, age 12.Tribe(s)
Sioux