Annual Day of Remembrance was Feb. 20
The photo below was one of many taken in 1910 by the U.S. Department of the Interior, as part of an effort to promote the school and its mission. Photo printed with permission of the Genoa U.S. Indian School Foundation
GENOA — It has been three years since the Nebraska Legislature set aside Feb. 20 as the annual Day of Remembrance to recognize the atrocities and trauma that were endured by the survivors and families of the children who attended the Indian Industrial School in Genoa.
Feb. 20 is significant because that marked the day that the school opened in Genoa 140 years ago. Seventy-one children from the Rose…