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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 obligations of a contractor to uphold in order to be paid.
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School OperationsSummary
Regarding the specifications for a standard steel storage tank including details of construction and workmanship.
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School OperationsSummary
Regarding payment justification for a well to increase the water supply after a well caved in.
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School OperationsSummary
Regarding the water supply and details the capacity of the wells, the consumption of water, water needed by the school, a report from the Kelly Well Company, and a form of invitation for bids.
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School OperationsSummary
This drawing illustrates how frost casing bolted to a tank for a water tower riser pipe.
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Coming to GenoaSummary
Contains a list of Santee and Ponca children en route to Genoa.People
Virgil LaPointe, Martin Trudell, Walter Whipple, Scott Whipple, Nancy Whitecoat, Helen Laravie, Theodore Robertson, Norman Bear, John S. Bear, Laverne Sherman, Goldie Pappan, Ruby Pappan, Elenore Knudson, Ben Whipple, Florence James, Alex Rouillard, Nora LaCroix, Pansy Johnson, Francis Chapman, Howard West, Bertha Grant, Nora Grant, Millicent Rouillard, Melvine Rouillard, Jeanette Chase, Jaunita Redwing, Adeile Eastman, Mary Gilbert, Cornelia Johnson, Norman Engen, Andrew Finetalk, Raymone Roy, Leo Sherman, Bernice Knudson, Linda Knudson, Demos Whipple, Willis Jones, Caroline Wabashaw, William Wabashaw, Mildred Rouillard, Myrtle LaCroix, Grace P. Williams, Pearle Tuttle, Marie Moose, Nina Hawk, Ethel Goodteacher, Opal Trudell, Roy Calvin Trudell, Lloyd Thompson, Melinda Goodteacher, Nelson Henry, Philip Rouillard, Fern Frazier, Marie Frazier, Starling Knudson, Irene Peniska, Vera Peniska, Nora Peniska, Lucille Peniska, Emil Goodteacher, Earl Rouillard, Joy Knudson, Melvin Knudson, Inez Rouillard, H. W. Sipe
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School OperationsSummary
List includes children's names, ages, and grade levels.People
Sterling Bigbear, Charles Blacksmith, Luther Buffalochief, Alfred Chapman, Foster Cournoyer, Peter Cournoyer, William Cournoyer, Reuben Ducker, Theodore Ducker, Norman Engen, Lemonte Feather, Andrew Finetalk, Kenneth Garvie, Stanley Garvie, Ernest Goodteacher, Jesse Grant, Wallace Grant, Lyle Hoffman Henry, Lorenzo Hoffman, John Hursell, Roy C. Hursell, Isaac Johnson, Roy James, Nelson Jones, Arthur La Clair, Albert Lovejoy, Ben Laravie, Dan Laravie, Harry Mackay, Andrew Peniska, Leo Peniska, Paul Allen Picotte, George Premeaux, Ambrose Redowl, Frank Redowl, Isaac Redowl, Raymond Reynolds, Alexander Rouillard, Theodore Robinson, Howard Robertson, Reuben Robertson, Albert Roy, Steven Roy, Raymond Roy, Peter St. Clair, Arthur St. Pierre, Lloyd Thompson, Roy Calvin Trudell, Joe Tuttle, Ben Whipple, Elmer Whipple, Scott Whipple, Walter Whipple, Phillip White, John Zimmerman, Mercy Benn, Louise Bigbear, Irene Bigbear, Ida Blacksmith, Pansy Blacksmith, Rubyy Brown, Agnes Brant, Lorene Buffalochief, May Cavender, He
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Leaving Genoa, School OperationsSummary
Contains a list of vacation students and students whose terms are about to expire, including students' names, ages, and grades.People
Earlwin Arrow, Sterling Bigbear, Leonard Blacksmith, Stanford Blacksmith, Freddie Chamberlain, Clifford Eddy, Ambrose Garfield, Joe Hudson, Orville Morehouse, Leonard Morehouse, Daniel Powers, Chris Thunderhorse, LeRoy Raymond, Louis Roy, Orlo Bluebird, Robert Cavender, Clarence Crowe, Adolph Goodteacher, Ernest Goodteacher, Joseph Goodteacher, Lyle Henry, John Hursell, Roy Hursell, Jesse Redwing, Raymont Roy, Emerson Saul, Leonard Sully, Albert Thomas, Willie Trudell, Alfred Zimmerman, Ethel Eddy, Evelyn Omaha, Edna Headman, Amelia Knudsen, Bernice Knudsen, Caroline Knudsen, Dorothy Knudsen, Linda Knudsen, Muriel Knudsen, Warline Knudsen, Wilma Sherman, Mary Crowe, Louella Godfrey, Pansy Goodteacher, Irene Hoffman, Dairy Hursell, Rose Hursell, Lillian John, Grace Johnson, Hazel Johnson, Lydia Johnson, Edith Redwing, Maggie Redwing, Melvene Rouillard, Leona Roy, Delphine Trudell, Hazel West, Lena Whipple, Grace Williams, Catherine Jones, Margaret Reynolds, Thelma Reynolds, Melda Gilbert, Ethel Goodteacher, Ad
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Leaving GenoaSummary
Contains a list of vacation students, graduates, and students whose terms are about to expire, including students' names and ages.People
Frances Doherty, Thelma Durham, Catherine Jones, Margret Reynolds, Rosamond Reynolds, Thelma Reynolds, Eleanor Knudsen, Melda Gilbert, Ethel Goodteacher, Ada Grant, Nina Hawk, Myrtle La Croix, Nora La Croix, Marie Moose, Inez Rouillard, Pearl Tuttle, Caroline Wabashaw, Helen Wolfe, Hilda Wolfe, Walter Abraham, Charles Blacksmith, John Durham, Wallace Jones, Albert Roy, Starling Kundsen, Emil Goodteacher, Jesse Grant, Nelson Henry, Albert Jones, Alexander Rouillard, Phillip Rouillard, Willie Wabashaw, Phillip White, Demos Whipple, George Premeaux, Irene Peniska, Lavara Peniska, Laura Peniska, Roy Trudell, Leo Sherman, Foster Cournoyer, Steven Roy, LaVern Sherman, Margaret Hans, Laura May Jones, Goldie Pappan, Ruby Pappan, Rena Wolf, Josephine Cournoyer, Ethel Eddy, Ada Jones, Evelyn Omaha, Philomine Sully, Edna Headman, Amelia Knudsen, Bernice Knudsen, Caroline Knudsen, Dorothy Knudsen, Linda Knudsen, Muriel Knudsen, Warline Knudsen, Roselie Pappan, Wilma Sherman, Nancy Whitecoat, Lucile Peniska, Mary Crowe, M
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Leaving Genoa, School OperationsSummary
Regarding a list of vacation pupils and pupils whose terms are due to expire, as well as travel expenses.
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as, "This child lives within reach of a public school and can attend. Parents are citizen Indians."Tribe(s)
Sioux (Santee)
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "This child lives within reach of a public school and is permitted to attend. The child's mother died recently and the father is a cripple and a ward of the government. Since the mother died there is no home."Tribe(s)
Sioux (Santee)