Letter from Oliver Make-Shine to Sam B. Davis, 1 June 1915
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:
Regarding two children returning home for the summer.Description:
Letter notes that Oliver does not have enough money for pay for transportation to and from Genoa at the moment due to the health of the mother being bad but will have the money for them to return in the Fall.
Identifier:
gdp-kc0026-0074Citation:
Letter from Oliver Make-Shine to Sam B. Davis, 1 June 1915; Folder: Genoa Boarding School 8-1913-6-29-1915, Box 1150; Series 196: Correspondence with Off-Reservation Indian Schools and Related Records, 10/8/1910 – 1/28/1920 (NAID 1154492); Office of Indian Affairs, Pine Ridge Agency; Record Group 75; National Archives and Records Administration—Kansas City