Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Sarah Running Shield, 27 June 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 school."Description:
Josephine Under Baggage, age 19, applies to enter grade 10. Application mentions her father, Jacob Underbaggage, and her mother, Jessie Underbaggage as deceased. Application also lists Josephine’s skills and interests include housework, sewing, laundry, hospital and cooking.
Identifier:
gdp-kc0002-0327Citation:
Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Sarah Running Shield, 27 June 1932; Folder: Running Shield, Sarah, 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.