Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Sam Percy, 18 Sept. 1914
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 no reason for enrollment.Description:
Sam Percy, age 17, is voluntarily enrolled by Mary Beauchamp for 3 years, no public schools available. Application mentions father, John Percy, as deceased, and mother, Mary Beauchamp as living.
Identifier:
gdp-kc0010-0019Citation:
Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Sam Percy, 18 Sept. 1914; Folder: Percy, Sam, Box 324; Consolidated Chippewa Agency Cass Lake, Minnesota, Case Files of Students Attending Off-Reservation Schools and Colleges, CA 1913-1959 (Selected Documents) (N-R); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, NAID 5725762; Record Group 75; National Archives and Records Administration—Kansas City.