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Oral history interview with John Peacock

Title

Oral history interview with John Peacock

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

Description

John Peacock (Shawnee, Kickapoo), a 1969 graduate of Chilocco Indian Agricultural School, talks about enrolling in the school and adjusting to a new way of life. He describes activities he was involved in such as raising and selling livestock. Peacock explains his thirty years of military service in various branches and how he became interested in the field of communications. He discusses his work with the Indian Health Service and how he is spending his retirement years.

Format

video

Identifier

okso_sok_289

Interviewer

Little Thunder, Julie Pearson

Interviewee

Peacock, John, 1951-

OHMS Object

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Citation

“Oral history interview with John Peacock,” Chilocco History Project, accessed April 16, 2024, https://chilocco.library.okstate.edu/items/show/237.