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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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gdp-kc0002-0313-001

Application for Enrollment at Rapid City for Edith Pretty Boy, 8 Aug. 1932

Digital Heritage
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.
Tribe(s)
Sioux
People
Edith Pretty Boy, Samuel Pretty Boy, Julie Pretty Boy, Mattie Pretty Boy, E. F. DIxon
gdp-kc0002-0346-001

Application for Enrollment at Rapid City for Walter William Young, 18 July 1932

Digital Heritage
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Living too far from school at home."
Tribe(s)
Oglala Sioux
People
Walter William Young, Walter Young, Winnie Williams Young, Earl Lleleave, Louis Whirlwind Horse, L. A. Woodlark, Joe Jennings
gdp-kc0002-0325-001

Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Louise Running Shield, 28 June 1932

Digital Heritage
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "This pupil lives four miles from a public school, and for this reason it is recommended that her application be accepted."
Tribe(s)
Sioux
People
Louise Running Shield, Louis Running Shield, Nora Running Shield, E. F. DIxon, Joe Jennings
gdp-kc0002-0303-001

Application for Enrollment at Rapid City for Evylin Janis, 8 July, 1932

Digital Heritage
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Because of superior educational advantages of said school."
Tribe(s)
Sioux
People
Evylin Janis, Wilson Janis, Alice Janis, Unintelligible name, Joe Jennings
gdp-kc0002-0336-001

Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Josephine Underbaggage, 1 Apr. 1932

Digital Heritage
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "To finish my education."
Tribe(s)
Sioux
People
Josephine Underbaggage, Jacob Underbaggage, Jessie Underbaggage, John A. Barkly, Phoebe F. Barkly, A. A. M. Lanrin
gdp-kc0002-0314-001

Application for Enrollment at Rapid City for Margaret Pourier, 7 July 1932

Digital Heritage
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "This pupil lives too far from a public high school."
Tribe(s)
Sioux
People
Margaret Pourier, Peter Pourier, Hattie Pourier, Judson S. Hook, Chas. S. Davis, Joe Jennings
gdp-kc0005-0012-001

Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Elenor Cummings, 20 Sept. 1915

Digital Heritage
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Finish public school grade. Should continue work at Genoa."
Tribe(s)
Sioux
People
Elenor Cummings, George Cummmings, Louise Cummings, Harry Powell
gdp-kc0002-0326-001

Application for Enrollment at Rapid City for Sadie Shell Woman, 7 Sept. 1932

Digital Heritage
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "To get an education."
Tribe(s)
Sioux
People
Sadie Shell Woman, Leo Shell Woman, Lucy Shell Woman, B. Kempers
gdp-kc0002-0304-001

Application for Enrollment at Rapid City for James Lawrence Janis, 13 July 1932

Digital Heritage
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Because the distance to a public school is too great and I wish to continue my education."
Tribe(s)
Sioux
People
James Lawrence Janis, James Janis, Lucy Janis, Annette G. Adams, Chas L. Davis
gdp-kc0002-0337-001

Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Myrtle Lydia Walking Bull, 30 June 1932

Digital Heritage
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "no permanent home near any school."
Tribe(s)
Sioux
People
Lydia Walking Bull, Myrtle Walking Bull, Charles Walking Bull, Archie Prairie Chicken, L. A. Woodlock, Wm. Fire Thunder
gdp-kc0002-0315-001

Application for Enrollment at Rapid City for Phoebe Pretty Bird, 10 Sept. 1932

Digital Heritage
Topic
Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "To get an education."
Tribe(s)
Sioux
People
Phoebe Pretty Bird, John Pretty Bird, Anna Pretty Bird, Ernie A. Hawk, E. F. DIxon
gdp-kc0005-0029-001

Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Bernard Houston, 26 Aug. 1922

Digital Heritage
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Not recommended on account of small degree of Indian blood."
Tribe(s)
Sioux
People
Bernard Houston, Susan Houston, T. H. Baer, Jesse Houston, Susie Houston