The central Nebraska landscape is dominated by the many braided rivers that serve as breeding ground for birds. Here is a picture of the Loup River that runs through Genoa, NE.
The Loup River
Genoa, NE also claims itself to be the Pawnee capital of Nebraska. From what I gathered, the Pawnee's used to inhabit this part of Nebraska until the settlers came in and moved the Pawnee south to Kansas and Oklahoma. However, there was a woman who decided the Pawnee boys and girls needed to be educated in the western way and so she got the government to give her money to set up and Indian School in Genoa.
The last remaining building of the US Indian School complex
During the 1860's the Pawnee's were sent to school here. They boarded here and were required to wear military looking dress. From the historical pictures I saw, they also were required to do military looking marches. Within a couple decades, the education of Pawnee's at this school was abandoned, although this one building remains.
I must comment about this incredible desire to educate people in the Western educational manner. This is also a theme in White Teeth. Why do we impose our knowledge upon others?
Genoa, NE also claims itself to be the Pawnee capital of Nebraska. From what I gathered, the Pawnee's used to inhabit this part of Nebraska until the settlers came in and moved the Pawnee south to Kansas and Oklahoma. However, there was a woman who decided the Pawnee boys and girls needed to be educated in the western way and so she got the government to give her money to set up and Indian School in Genoa.
During the 1860's the Pawnee's were sent to school here. They boarded here and were required to wear military looking dress. From the historical pictures I saw, they also were required to do military looking marches. Within a couple decades, the education of Pawnee's at this school was abandoned, although this one building remains.
I must comment about this incredible desire to educate people in the Western educational manner. This is also a theme in White Teeth. Why do we impose our knowledge upon others?
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