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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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Families, Health, Disease, and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Regarding a father who had two sons attending the school; one son died after a fight broke out and his neck was dislocated.
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Families, Health, Disease, and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Regarding discharge of a pupil, Louis Chippewa, discharge and return to his home, if it is found he has a wife in Michigan.
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Health, Disease, and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Regarding the accidental death of a student playing with a small rifle.
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Health, Disease, and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Regarding the accidental death of Clarence White and the efforts being made to investigate his death.
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Health, Disease, and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Regarding pupil Luke Russell who obtained alcohol causing his death.
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Families, Health, Disease, and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Regarding the death of a 16-year-old pupil from a fight between students.
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Families, School OperationsSummary
Regarding a case of a pupil returning to support his wife.
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Health, Disease, and Mortality, Leaving Genoa, School OperationsSummary
Regarding a clipping from the Omaha Bee about the death of a runaway student.
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Health, Disease, and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Regarding a pupil, Luke Russell, who died by drinking lemon extract and possibly other alcoholic drinks.
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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.