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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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School OperationsSummary
Regarding appropriations for a new home economics building, furniture, equipment, and salary of an athletic teacher.
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Education and Curriculum, School OperationsSummary
Regarding recommendation to create the eleventh grade.
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Discipline and Punishment, School OperationsSummary
Regarding the desire to hire an athletic director to maintain discipline.
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School OperationsSummary
Regarding request for report on former boys' advisers and disciplinarians.
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School OperationsSummary
Regarding notes made on inspection of school with recommendations for purchases.
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Leaving Genoa, Discipline and PunishmentSummary
Regarding runaway girls being sent home because they cannot be "saved," which reduces overcrowded enrollment.Tribe(s)
WinnebagoPeople
Peyton Carter, Late Rave, John Rave, Nancy Rave, Eva Rave, Mary French, Irene Snake, Louise Ricehill, Clifford Baker, Pearl Lincoln, Frances Bakes, Geneva Whitebear, Theodore Rave, Phoebe Drum, Martha Webster, Angeline Tyndall, Nellie Walker, Dorian Decora, Wesley Bradford, Rebecca Simon, Mary Kawkeka, Cecilia Wilmot, Elizabeth Oliver, Lucy Le Clair
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School OperationsSummary
Regarding estimates for 1932 including construction of "home economics cottage."
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Leaving GenoaSummary
Regarding leaving school to go to Omaha, NE, to take dance lessons.
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School OperationsSummary
Regarding recommendation for new domestic science building.
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Leaving Genoa, Discipline and PunishmentSummary
Regarding students who "ran away."People
Nancy Rave, Eva Rave, Mary French, Irene Snake, Louise Ricehill, Pearl Lincoln, Frances Baker, Geneva White Bear, Phoebe Drum, Martha Webster, Angeline Tyndall, Nellie Walker, Marian De Cora, Rebecca Simon, Mary Kawkeka, Cecilia Wilmot, Elizabeth Oliver, Lucy Le Clair, Theodore Rave, Clifford Baker, Henry Rave, Wesley Bradford, R. L. Miller, Leon Cadue
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Education and Curriculum, School OperationsSummary
Regarding costs associated with implementation of the eleventh grade.
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Education and Curriculum, School OperationsSummary
Regarding implementation of eleventh grade.People
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