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  • Description is exactly "Charles LeClair (Ponca, Potawatomi, Kaw), a 1948 graduate of Chilocco Indian Agricultural School, talks about his path to Chilocco and some of his experiences there, such as being involved with boxing and learning blacksmithing. He discusses joining the school's National Guard unit and how that led him to volunteer for the Air Force. LeClair describes his military service and explains how he decided to become a Baptist pastor. He discusses his next steps toward being commissioned as a chaplain in the Army. He also comments on his experiences as a chaplain and his time in Vietnam."

Oral history interview with Charles LeClair

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Charles LeClair (Ponca, Potawatomi, Kaw), a 1948 graduate of Chilocco Indian Agricultural School, talks about his path to Chilocco and some of his experiences there, such as being involved with boxing and learning blacksmithing. He discusses joining…