Application for Enrollment at Rapid City for Elizabeth Dixon, 2 June 1932
Summary:
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."Description:
Elizabeth Dixon, age 13, applies to enter grade 8 at Rapid City Indian School. Document lists parents, William and Susan Dixon, as living and three sisters and three brothers attending Oglala Boarding School and Public School.
Identifier:
gdp-kc0002-0283Citation:
Application for Enrollment at Rapid City for Elizabeth Dixon, 2 June 1932; Folder: Dixon, Elizabeth; 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.