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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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Labor, Training, and Outing, School OperationsSummary
Regarding statistical statements for the school, including value of school plant and average attendance of students.
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Health, Disease, and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Regarding a trial in Washington for the fate of the Genoa school.
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Education and Curriculum, Labor, Training, and Outing, School OperationsSummary
Regarding the additions to girls' home economics and the consideration of adding more trade education for boys including carpentry, painting, masonry, plumbing and sheet metal working, and auto and aviation mechanics.
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Families, Leaving Genoa, School OperationsSummary
Regarding children who were returned to their home when the first three grades were abolished.
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Education and Curriculum, School OperationsSummary
Regarding the elimination of the first three grades at the school and filling vacant positions in music and art.
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Education and Curriculum, School OperationsSummary
Regarding dropping the first three grades at Genoa.
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Education and Curriculum, School OperationsSummary
Regarding the closing of boarding schools in favor of local schools; organizing the acceptance of Genoa pupils into schools on tuition basis.
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Health, Disease, and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Regarding caring for the "neediest" in the dormitory.
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Leaving Genoa, School OperationsSummary
Regarding orphans returned from the Santee Reservation.
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School OperationsSummary
Regarding records of pupils in grades 1, 2, and 3 with reason for enrollment and how many miles away they live from a public school at home.
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School OperationsSummary
Regarding the Bishop's opposition to closing the school in order to maintain trust and stop "calamity."
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School OperationsSummary
Regarding multiple accounts of opposition against the closure of the school.