Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Georgine Black, 2 June 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:
Georgina Black, age 15, applies to enter grade 8. Application mentions her father, Elkhorn Black, owns 40 acres, and her mother is deceased. Application also lists Georgina’s skills and interests include baking, nursing, and poultry.
Identifier:
gdp-kc0013-0115Citation:
Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Georgine Black, 2 June 1931; Folder: Applications 1932, 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.