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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 "My parents are not able to send me to a public school."Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "There are no public school facilities available near his home."Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "This pupil lives near the Batesland Public School. However, her father is desperately poor, and has a family of eight children. For this reason I recommend the pupil's enrollment at the Rapid City Indian School."Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "I am unable to secure this opportunity elsewhere."Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "I am living too far from Day School and far from any public school, or nearest school."Tribe(s)
Oglala Sioux
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Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Because I like the Indian School."Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Topic
Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Too great a distance from home."Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Because there isn't any Catholic school near enough my home to attend."Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "I am living too far from Day School and far from any public school, or nearest school."Tribe(s)
Oglala Sioux
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Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "This boy is an orphan and no close relatives wants to attend school."Tribe(s)
Oglala Sioux