Letter from Sam B. Davis to John R. Brennan, 11 Sept. 1916
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.
Summary:
Regarding children not returning to Genoa.Description:
Letter notes that the list of students did not return from vacation and need to return immediately. Genoa is willing to pay their travel expenses and if they have new pupils to send, they will take them.
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gdp-kc0026-0134Citation:
Letter from Sam B. Davis to John R. Brennan, 11 Sept. 1916; Folder: Corr with Genoa Indian School 6-30-1915 - 6-15-1917, Box 1150; Series 196: Correspondence with Off-Reservation Indian Schools and Related Records, 10/8/1910 – 1/28/1920 (NAID 1154492); Office of Indian Affairs, Pine Ridge Agency; Record Group 75; National Archives and Records Administration—Kansas City.