Genoa Indian Industrial School

This is a fourth grade class that attended the school. Photo provided

This is a fourth grade class that attended the school. Photo provided

Genoa U.S. Indian School Foundation to host 36th annual Recognition and Remembrance Day

Ncj Staff Report
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
GENOA — The Genoa U.S. Indian School Foundation will host its 36th Annual Recognition and Remembrance Day on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026, bringing together former students, descendants, tribal communities, historians, educators, residents, and visitors for a day dedicated to remembering and honoring...

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Capitol illuminated orange for Genoa Indian School

News Staff
Thursday, February 20, 2025
LINCOLN — Winter weather postponed plans to illuminate the Nebraska State Capitol orange to honor the survivors and descendants of the Genoa Indian Industrial School.Originally scheduled to happen on Thursday, Feb. 20, state officials announced that the plans were moved to Feb. 27 due to “unsafe...
A team of archeologists dig at the site that could be the lost cemetery connected to the Genoa Indian Industrial School. The cemetery was lost to time after the Native American boarding school closed in 1931. NCJ photo by Rick Holtz

A team of archeologists dig at the site that could be the lost cemetery connected to the Genoa Indian Industrial School. The cemetery was lost to time after the Native American boarding school closed in 1931. NCJ photo by Rick Holtz

Digging for Truth

Rick Holtz
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
GENOA — The search continues this week in Genoa as an archaeological team searches for human remains in connection to the Genoa Indian Industrial School. Last week Nebraska State Archeologist Dave Williams and his team began the process of unearthing a possible site of the school’s cemetery.