Letter from R. P. Haas to Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 14 Nov. 1925 | Genoa Indian School Digital Reconciliation Project

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.

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Summary:

Regarding a summary accounting for the total school population on the Shoshone Reservation and an inquiry about enrollment.

Description:

Letter also gives various reasons the boarding school can't reach its goal for capacity and proposes that allotted school funds can be used for transportation of children from other jurisdictions to the school.

Identifier:

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Citation:

Letter from R. P. Haas to Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 14 Nov. 1925; Box 253; General Correspondence Files 1890-1960, 054.1 (NAID 571199); Bureau of Indian Affairs, Wind River Agency; Record Group 75; National Archives and Records Administration—Denver.


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