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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, Leaving Genoa, School OperationsSummary
Receipt for refund of apprehension of students and travel expenses for student.
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Leaving GenoaSummary
Graduation program for Genoa that lists speakers in order of their appearance as well as the students who were graduating.People
Lewis Hayes, Leonard LeClaire, Matthew Schmidt, George Ghostbear, Henry Herbert Sine, Jr., Moses Albert Hensley, Cleveland F. Allen, WIlbur J. Swallow, Robert Johnson Waseskuk, Gilbert M. Miller, Bennie W. Marshall, Lloyd Henry Meteth, Otto Burdick Revere, Walter Comes From War, Noah Martin Broken Leg, Marie Elizabeth Rivers, Irene Winnifred LaPointe, Angeline Laveyra Murray, Marie Yolande Leonard, Helen Elynore DuPris, Rose B. Swimmer, Virginia Canby, Julia M. Dillon, Lillian Veronica Decora, Verlie Jeraldine White, Sophia Madglene Romero, Violette Willhelemina Rivers, Ida Adeline Ten Fingers, H. E. Kramer, Dr. John Guy Fowlkes
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Leaving GenoaSummary
Form for Frank contains very little information.Tribe(s)
OmahaPeople
Frank LaFlesche
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Labor, Training and Outing, Leaving GenoaSummary
Form notes Thurman owns and farms 80 acres of his own land and has a wife and two young children.Tribe(s)
OmahaPeople
Thurman Chase
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Labor, Training and Outing, Leaving GenoaSummary
Form notes Susan is a government school physician and medical missionary to the Omaha people.Tribe(s)
OmahaPeople
Susan La Flesche Picotte
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Leaving GenoaSummary
Form for Susan contains very little information, but notes she has an annual income of $350.Tribe(s)
OmahaPeople
Susan LaFlesche
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Labor, Training and Outing, Leaving GenoaSummary
Form states Frank attended the lower grades at two schools, received training in farming, and is farming his wife's land.Tribe(s)
OmahaPeople
Frank Dick
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Leaving Genoa, Discipline and PunishmentSummary
Document states Ellen's privileges were restricted after she returned from a week-long visit home.
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Leaving GenoaSummary
Form notes Lucy owns 80 acres of land and a 9-room house.Tribe(s)
OmahaPeople
Lucy Penn Sherman
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Leaving GenoaSummary
Form notes James is still attending school in Thurston County, Nebraska.Tribe(s)
OmahaPeople
James Pappan
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Labor, Training and Outing, Leaving GenoaSummary
Form notes Roth has 160 acres of inherited land and has been "working for white men and farming for self" since he left school.Tribe(s)
OmahaPeople
Roth Dixon