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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 transportation and escort for Genoa pupils.
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Coming to GenoaSummary
Regarding the transportation of students to Genoa.People
Davis
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School OperationsSummary
Regarding transportation and escort for pupils.
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Leaving GenoaSummary
Regarding the status of students enrolled from the Pine Ridge Agency.People
Joseph Onefeather, John Provost, Mary Janis, Ellen Littlecrow, Lucy Makeshine, Jessie Onefeather, Ruth Provost, Ivy Rouleaux, Zona Rouleaux, Frederick Colhoff, James Colhoff, Lawrence Cross, Frank Eceffey, Stephen Gay, Charles Hawk, George Hawk, Thomas Killer, Wallace Little, Peter Livermont, Francis Martinez, Edgar RedCloud, John Red Wolf, Alex Richard, Joseph Russel, Joseph Sears, McKinley Slowbear, Charles SwiftBird, Richard Tyndall, Chris Young, Carrie Bettelyoun, Ida Bouyer, Wilhemina Colhoff, Jessie Deon, Louise Ecoffey, Cecelia Hawkins, Madge Nelson, Hazel Provost, Mollie Richards, Frances Sears, Olive Sears, Louise Starr, Florence Young, Mitchell Bouyer, Herbert Rouleaux, Gertrude Stover, Sam B. Davis
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Coming to GenoaSummary
Regarding limiting the number of pupils coming to Genoa.
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Leaving GenoaSummary
Regarding a list of pupils who have not yet returned.People
C. L. Ellis, Joseph Onefeather, John Provost, Fred Colhoff, James Colhoff, Lawrence Cross, Stephen Gay, Chas. Hawk, George Hawk, Peter Livermont, Edgar RedCloud, John Redwolf, Alex Richards, McKinley Slowbear, Richard Tyndall, Jack Tyndall, Chris Young, Joe Sears, Mary Jannis, Ellen Little Crow, Lucy Makeshine, Ruth Provost, Ivy Rouleau, Zona Rouleau, Hazel Provost, Carrie Bettleyoun, Ida Bouyer, Wilhemina Colhoff, Cecilia Hawkins, Mollie Richards, Frances Sears, Ollie Sears, Florence Young, Sam B. Davis
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School OperationsSummary
Request to not send more female students under twelve years.Tribe(s)
Omaha
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Coming to GenoaSummary
Regarding the timing of pupils coming in.
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Leaving GenoaSummary
Regarding the home conditions and possible return of a student.
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Families, Coming to GenoaSummary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.Tribe(s)
Omaha
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Coming to Genoa, School OperationsSummary
Regarding documents related to travel to Genoa with pupils.
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Leaving GenoaSummary
Regarding a list of vacation pupils.People
A. M. Gray, Amelia Arrowside, Agnes Bordeaux, Virginia Bordeaux, Helen Bull, Alice Comes From War, Anna Desersa, Hermine Fallis, Sophie Frazier, Emma Gaughen, Julia Gaughen, Carrie Gunhammer, Virginia Gunhammer, Winnie Rodgers, Julia Stone, Alvinia Walker, Minnie Whitebird, Wallace Antoine, Theodore Bordeaux, J. Elmer Bravebird, Benton Bravehawk, Noah Little, Alfred Long Pumpkin, Peter Medicine, George Mocassinface, Leon Roubideaux, Louis Roubideaux, Sylvester Roubideaux, Joseph Schweigman, John Sittingbear, Sam B. Davis