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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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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
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality, Leaving GenoaSummary
Document describes relationship between multiple members of the Webster and Fremont families as well as general living situation.People
Julia, Morgan, Ida, Robert Smith, Theresa Lyndell, Emily Smith Hollowell Lovejoy, Jennie Solomon, Francis Grant, J. R. Asley Decatur, Grace G. Hallowell, Emily, Susan, Julia, Charley Fremont, Leona, Mrs. Emily Webster, Mrs. Webster, Mr. Webster, Sarah, Mary Pappan Mitchell, Mrs. Mitchel, Louis Webster, Mrs. Mitchell, Helen Fields, John Fremont, Emily Webster, Annie Webster, Sarah Webster, Annie Webster, Leona Webster, Rebecca Fremont, James Fremont, Norman Fremont, Hazel, May, Emily Fremont
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Labor, Training and Outing, Leaving GenoaSummary
Form notes Peter owns and cultivates 80 acres of land.Tribe(s)
OmahaPeople
Peter Wells
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Leaving GenoaSummary
Form for Newton contains very little information.Tribe(s)
Omaha
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Families, Labor, Training and Outing, Leaving GenoaSummary
Form states Pearly keeps house, farms 80 acres of her own land, and has three children attending school in Pender, Nebraska.Tribe(s)
OmahaPeople
Pearly Campbell Essex
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Families, Leaving GenoaSummary
School Social Worker Lucile Hamner claims that Molly is missing school due to helping the family gather nuts to sell.Tribe(s)
Sac and Fox
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Labor, Training and Outing, Leaving GenoaSummary
Form notes Warren farms rented land, but also owns 200 acres of his own land.Tribe(s)
OmahaPeople
Warren Davis
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Leaving GenoaSummary
Form notes Josephine graduated from Genoa in 1913 as class valedictorian.Tribe(s)
OmahaPeople
Josephine E. Meyers
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Families, Leaving GenoaSummary
Form notes Frank farms with his father, Howard Fox, and owns 440 acres of land.Tribe(s)
Omaha
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Leaving GenoaSummary
Form for Victor contains very little information, but notes he attended school in Walthill, Nebraska in addition to Genoa.Tribe(s)
OmahaPeople
Victor Fontenelle
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Families, Labor, Training and Outing, Leaving GenoaSummary
Form states Lucy only attended lower grades, received training at Genoa as a housekeeper, and has three children attending Genoa.Tribe(s)
OmahaPeople
Lucy Saunsoci Black
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Leaving GenoaSummary
Form notes Bertha attended three schools, including Genoa.Tribe(s)
OmahaPeople
Bertha Grace Meyers