Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Walter Means, 20 Sept. 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 "Am not very bright in studies and wish to learn a trade and take up athletics in which I am very good."Description:
Walter F. Means, age 17, applies to enter grade 9. Application mentions his father, E.B. Means, is a clerk by trade, and his mother, Nellie A. Means, works as a housewife. Application also lists Walter’s skills and interests include auto mechanics, welding, baseball and basket ball.
Identifier:
gdp-kc0002-0307Citation:
Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Walter Means, 20 Sept. 1932; Folder: Means, Walter F.; 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.