Application for Enrollment at Rapid City for Richard Cuny, 8 July 1932
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.
Summary:
Document gives reason for enrollment as "This pupil lives too far from a public high school."Description:
Richard Cuny, age 15, applies to enter grade 9 at Rapid City Indian School. Vocational interests include auto mechanics. Document lists parents, Chas and Alvena Cuny, as living and two brothers and one sister enrolled at Mission school.
Identifier:
gdp-kc0002-0280Citation:
Application for Enrollment at Rapid City for Richard Cuny, 8 July 1932; Folder: Cuny, Richard; Box 1153; Case Files of Pine Ridge Students Attending Genoa Indian School, ca. 1913 - ca. 1933; Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, NAID 1154495; Record Group 75; National Archives and Records Administration—Kansas City.