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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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Digital Heritage
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "There are no public school facilities available near his home."Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "This pupil lives near the Batesland Public School. However, her father is desperately poor, and has a family of eight children. For this reason I recommend the pupil's enrollment at the Rapid City Indian School."Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
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Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "I am unable to secure this opportunity elsewhere."Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
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Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Because I like the Indian School."Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
Topic
Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
Topic
Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Too great a distance from home."Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
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Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Because there isn't any Catholic school near enough my home to attend."Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Do not have the funds to go away to some public high school."Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "To finish high school course."Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Hazel is an orphan, and it will be impossible for her to go to school unless she is permitted to enroll in some boarding school."Tribe(s)
Sioux
Digital Heritage
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "I can not continue my schooling unless I attend a government school."Tribe(s)
Sioux