Application for Enrollment at Rapid City for Josie White Magpie, 12 Aug. 1932
Summary:
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Because she will get her education free there and would cost me much expense to send her there than to Public school. I have a big family to support, mostly are minor children."Description:
Josie White Magpie, age 14, applies to enter 6th grade at Rapid City Indian School. Application mentions her father, Paul White Magpie who is a farmer. He has and owns 1440 acres. Her mother, Mary White Magpie is listed as deceased.
Identifier:
gdp-kc0002-0340Citation:
Application for Enrollment at Rapid City for Josie White Magpie, 12 Aug. 1932; Folder: White Magpie, Josie, 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.