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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-kc0019-0072-001
Topic
Families
Summary
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
gdp-kc0019-0083-001
Topic
Families
Summary
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
gdp-kc0019-0059-001
Topic
Families, Health, Disease, and Mortality
Summary
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 Fox
gdp-kc0019-0073-001
Topic
Families
Summary
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
gdp-kc0019-0060-001
Topic
Families
Summary
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
gdp-kc0019-0074-001
Topic
Families
Summary
School Social Worker Lucile Hamner reports on the education and family of Adam Sitting Crow, age 12.
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-kc0019-0086-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Labor, Training, and Outing
Summary
School Social Worker Lucile Hamner reports on the family of Lawrence Armell, age 12. Hamner mentions three siblings, Bernice, Kenneth, and Blanche and reports on the status of the family members.
Tribe(s)
Winnebago
gdp-kc0019-0064-001
Topic
Families
Summary
School Social Worker Lucile Hamner reports on the family and home life of John Morgan, age 12. Hamner mentions other Morgan children as well as a bit on their education and the family's economic status.
Tribe(s)
Sac and Fox
gdp-kc0019-0075-001
Topic
Families
Summary
School Social Worker Lucile Hamner reports on the family and home life of Josephine Snake, age 17. Details include the family's land ownership and economic status.
Tribe(s)
Winnebago
gdp-kc0019-0087-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Labor, Training, and Outing
Summary
School Social Worker Lucile Hamner reports on the family of Kenneth Armell, age 14. Hamner mentions three siblings, Bernice, Lawrence, and Blanche and reports on the status of the family members.
Tribe(s)
Winnebago
gdp-kc0019-0065-001
Topic
Families
Summary
School Social Worker Lucile Hamner reports on the family and home life of Warren Mitchell, age 12. Hamner's report mentions other children in the home, the family's economic states, father's occupation, and children's education.
Tribe(s)
Sac and Fox
gdp-kc0019-0076-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families
Summary
School Social Worker D. Current reports on Henry Sine's family and home life. Current claims Henry wishes to remain at Genoa over the summer.
Tribe(s)
Winnebago