Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Orville White Eagle, 23 Dec. 1931
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:
Orville White Eagle, age 11, applies to enter grade 6. His religious preference is Protestant. Application mentions his father, Floyd White Eagle, as living with an occupation of a laborer. Application also mentions his mother, Grace Graywolf, also living.
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gdp-kc0013-0029Citation:
Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Orville White Eagle, 23 Dec. 1931; Folder: Application for enrollment 1931-35, Box 1, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Winnebago Agency. School Subject Correspondence, 1921-1935; Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, NAID 6094120; Record Group 75; National Archives and Records Administration—Kansas City.