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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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Coming to Genoa, FamiliesSummary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.Tribe(s)
Cheyenne
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and Mortality
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.Tribe(s)
Cheyenne
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Step Mother does not exercise controll. Too old and Decrepit."Tribe(s)
Arapaho
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "The boy's mother died recently and the father is unable to maintain a home to properly care for his children while attending public school."Tribe(s)
Cheyenne
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.Tribe(s)
Cheyenne
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Coming to Genoa, FamiliesSummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Home life is such that the boy cannot attend public school to advantage."Tribe(s)
Cheyenne
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.Tribe(s)
Cheyenne
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Student FinancesSummary
Regarding checks payable to two students.
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School Operations, Leaving GenoaSummary
Contains a list of pupils whose terms of enrollment are due to expire, including names, ages, and dates of entry.People
Daniel Blackfish, Joe Crow Eagle, Clifford Elk, Luke Goings, Chas. High Crane, Isaac Johnson, Jones Johnson, Louis Johnson, Walter Lakehouse, Raymond Lunderman, Noel Lunderman, Joe Mitchell, Oscar Norton, Frank Parker, Daniel Penn, Lyman Priest, Joe Red Horn, Jerone Smith, Robinson Smith, George Snake, Reuben (Hal) Snake, Reuben Snake, Hal Snake, Walter Snake, Clifford Soedt, Stephen Stabler, Louis Tebo, Loyd Tebo, Porter Twin, William Two Elk, Chris. Tyndall, Clayton Wells, Sherman Welsh, Christian Westerman
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Coming to Genoa, School OperationsSummary
Regarding transportation for students to Genoa.
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Student FinancesSummary
Regarding enclosed checks payable to two students.