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Oral history interview with Charles LeClair

Title

Oral history interview with Charles LeClair

Subject

Indians of North America

Chilocco Indian Agricultural School

Indians of North America--Education

Off-reservation boarding schools

Boarding school students

Indians of North America--Wars--Veterans

Korean War (1950-1953)

Vietnam War (1961-1975)

Military chaplains

Description

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.

Format

video

Identifier

okso_sok_268

Interviewer

Milligan, Sarah

Interviewee

LeClair, Charles, 1931-

OHMS Object

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Citation

“Oral history interview with Charles LeClair,” Chilocco History Project, accessed April 26, 2024, https://chilocco.library.okstate.edu/items/show/234.