Application for Enrollment at Rapid City for Josie White Magpie, 12 Aug. 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 "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.