Looking for Wagena a indian girl who was given to the Hayes Family in 1901 in St

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Looking for Wagena a indian girl who was given to the Hayes Family in 1901 in St. Joseph Mo usa?

this girl is my grandmother who passed in 1993 named Opal Edna Hayes or Hays maiden name married name is Phinney.

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3 weeks ago
I don't know what her mothers name was. She died when Wagena was a little girl.

3 weeks ago
She was brought to Bertha and her husband Hayes in 1901 because of her being a orphan Indian. The government started this program in 1900 to help take care of the orphan indian girls.

3 weeks ago
i'm sorry the spelling of her name is wagenka. A man named John Booth took her to the Hayes. John was a indian who worked for the government.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: 3 weeks ago
I don't know what her mothers name was. She died when Wagena was a little girl.