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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 "The pupil prefers the course of study presented in the Indian schools."Tribe(s)
Shoshone (Shoshoni)
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Education and Curriculum, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document lists scores for John Engavo in 2nd and 3rd grades.Tribe(s)
Shoshone (Shoshoni)
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Education and Curriculum, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document lists scores for Elouise Sonnicant in grades 5 and 6, prevocational division, and year 1 of vocational division, taken between c. 1918 and 1921.Tribe(s)
Shoshone (Shoshoni)
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Education and Curriculum, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document contains some basic health information and grades for Herman Hill from c. 1918.Tribe(s)
Shoshone (Shoshoni)
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as, "This child lives 5 miles from a school teaching the grade she is in. Parents are citizen Indians."Tribe(s)
Ponca (Northern Ponca)
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.Tribe(s)
Cheyenne (Northern Cheyenne)
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as, "1 1/2 mile from grade school which she has completed and five miles from Verdel high school which is too far."Tribe(s)
Blackfeet (Blackfoot)
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as, "High School is too far to walk."Tribe(s)
Blackfeet (Blackfoot)
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Families, Health, Disease and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Regarding the health status of a student named Ellen who is cared for by Mrs. Make Shine.Tribe(s)
Blackfeet (Blackfoot)
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document contains basic information about two students, including the names of their fathers and their age, height, and weight.Tribe(s)
Blackfeet (Piegan Blackfeet)
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Education and Curriculum, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document lists grades for Sarah Collins in vocational division.Tribe(s)
Arapaho (Arapahoe)
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Education and Curriculum, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document lists grades for Jared Smoke in years 1 through 3 of vocational division.Tribe(s)
Arapaho (Arapahoe)