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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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Digital Heritage
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Health, Disease, and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Regarding vouchers to pay for the funeral of a deceased student.
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Families, School OperationsSummary
Regarding a young man, Louis Chippewa, who left a wife and child behind while attending Genoa. This letter proposes to send him home to tend to his family.
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Health, Disease, and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Regarding death of Amos Cadue, a pupil who accidentally shot and killed himself while playing with a small rifle.
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Health, Disease, and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Regarding the identification of a body found to be Clarence White, a runaway student.
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Health, Disease, and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Regarding the death of 19-year-old pupil Luke Russell.
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Health, Disease, and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Regarding vouchers of $120 for the accidental death of a pupil.
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Discipline and Punishment, School OperationsSummary
Regarding the prohibition of card playing amongst students.
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Health, Disease, and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Regarding a clipping from the Omaha Bee about a 17-year-old pupil who ran away and was crushed in between two train cars who was found dead.
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Health, Disease, and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Regarding a student, Luke Russell, who is seriously ill.
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Health, Disease, and Mortality, Leaving Genoa, School OperationsSummary
Regarding the death of a 16-year-old pupil due to a fist blow by a 17-year-old pupil.
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Discipline and Punishment, School OperationsSummary
Regarding the prohibition of all card playing amongst pupils.
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Health, Disease, and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Regarding a pupil, Omar Russell, who died from illness.