Test of eligibility for federal boarding school enrollment for Thomas Killer, 28 Feb. 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:
Document notes Thomas, age 18, was in the sixth grade and previously attended Holy Rosary Mission school for 8 years.Identifier:
gdp-kc0001-0330Citation:
Test of eligibility for federal boarding school enrollment for Thomas Killer, 28 Feb. 1916; Folder: Killer, Thos (Thomas), Box 1152; Series 197: Case Files of Pine Ridge Students Attending Genoa Indian School, ca. 1913 – ca. 1933 (NAID 1154495); Office of Indian Affairs, Pine Ridge Agency; Record Group 75; National Archives and Records Administration—Kansas City.