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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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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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Leaving Genoa
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Families, Labor, Training, and Outing, Leaving GenoaSummary
Form notes Alexander only attended lower grades, received training at Genoa as a tailor, has worked in farming since leaving school, and has three children attending Genoa.Tribe(s)
OmahaPeople
Alexander Black
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Leaving GenoaPeople
Martin Brady, Ernest V. Shayler, Ellsworth Thomas Wahweotten, Minerva Mary Delgadillo, Samuel Frederick Lapointe, Winifred Myrtle Peniska, Ralph Carson Bordeaux, LeVerne David Sherman, Elaine Eldine Rivers, Thomas Carson Walker, Naomi Leona McGuire, Richard Frenchman, Alice Marie Wolfe, Laura Mae Jones, Steven Lee Roy, Harry M. Smith, Sam B. Davis
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Coming to Genoa, Health, Disease, and Mortality, Leaving Genoa, School OperationsSummary
Document provides an overview of the number of children enrolled at Genoa, the number of children confined in the school hospital that month, a list of "deserters," and some information on holidays celebrated at the school.
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Coming to Genoa, Health, Disease, and Mortality, Leaving Genoa, School OperationsSummary
Document provides an overview of the number of children enrolled at Genoa and the number of children confined in the school hospital that month "due to bad colds in nearly all cases."
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Coming to Genoa, Health, Disease, and Mortality, Leaving Genoa, School OperationsSummary
Document provides statistics on the number of children enrolled at Genoa and children hospitalized, plus notes two children returned home due to illness.
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Education and Curriculum, Labor, Training, and Outing, Leaving GenoaSummary
Document grants permission for transfer from Genoa to Salem Indian School and contains school transcripts from 1926-1928.
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Coming to Genoa, Health, Disease, and Mortality, Leaving Genoa, School OperationsSummary
Document provides statistics on the number of children enrolled at Genoa and notes 28 boys and 31 girls were hospitalized that month.