Chilocco History Project

Items

• Dirt road in field
  Dirt road with newly added dirt curves around a large excavation area.
• Minnie Ruth Bruner leaning against a wall, 1951
  Minnie Ruth Bruner leans against a wall, talking to someone out of frame. [The Chilocco Annual, 1951].
• Alta Grace McGilbra with another woman, 1970
  Alta Grace McGilbra (on left) stands with another woman in front of a building. [The Chilocco Annual, 1970].
• Explorer Post 89 members--Photo 13
  Three members of Explorer Post 89 examine a document while seated at a desk. Only one is identified Jimmy McGilbra (left).
• Construction on flour mill, 17 January 1924
  Several men work on the roof of the flour mill.
• Young men in suits
  Five young men wearing suits sit in chairs in front of a bush.
• Cheerleading squad, 1971
  The Cheerleaders and Pep Club traveled to football games as well as basketball games to help lend school spirit to the games and support for the team. Several skits were presented at assemblies involving cheerleaders of the A and B squad. The cheerleaders attended a workshop during the later part of the school year to learn new pom-pom routines and cheers [The Chilocco Annual, 1971].
• Chilocco Indian School Marching Band, group photo
  The Chilocco Indian School marching band. Students are all men wearing their performance uniforms.
• Tornado funnel over Chilocco Lake, May 1973
  A tornado is spotted forming above the Chilocco School buildings of Plant Management, Men's Club, and the Print Shop. The formation is noted with the label 'Funnel.'
• Men crafting leather goods at a table
  Five men crafting leather goods around a large table in a workshop.
• Men making leather goods
  Two men making leather zipper bags.
• Construction on Chilocco building--Photo 6
  Several men constructing the wooden frame of a Chilocco building.
• Justin Levier holding a record, 1973--Photo 1
  Chorus teacher Justin Levier holding a record. Back of the photo reads: 'Justin Levier.'
• Members of the Judicial Branch of the Student Senate, Joan Earline Penn, Miki Jo Norman, John Whitehorn, 1973
  Joan Earline Penn (left), Miki Jo Norman (middle), and John Whitehorn (right), members of the Judicial Branch of the Student Senate, are seated at a round table as they look at papers. Micki Norman is serving as Chief Justice while Joan Penn and John Whitehorn are serving as Associate Justice. [The Chilocco Annual, 1973].
• Kern Jones, Ruby Mae Harrison, Hoover Hamilton, 1940
  Two men and one woman (left to right: Kern Jones, Ruby Mae Harrison, Hoover Hamilton) outdoors with trees and other people visible in the background. Kern Jones, a Choctaw from Wichita, Kansas was the president of the class of 1940. Ruby Mae Harrison was a Creek from Wagoner, Oklahoma and was a senior in 1940. Hoover Hamilton could not be found in the Chilocco Annuals form 1940-1943.
• Native American dance in Chilocco gym—Photo 10
  Current and former students dance with people in Native dress in Chilocco gymnasium. Back of photo reads: 'yellow- Melvin Calls Him.'
• Three men along a pond
  Two men, one with a bucket, are crouching along a risen embankment by a man-made pond with partially submerged trees. Another man is seen in the background with a wagon.
• Horse drawn wagon full of people
  A four horse team manned by two men pulls an open sided carriage of people across the edge of the Chilocco lake.
• Workman painting a wall inside a building
  A workman painting the bottom of a wall inside a building on the Chilocco campus.
• Melva Anquoe
  Melva Anquoe, looking off camera, appears to be standing in a hallway featuring display cases with art or photographs.
• Football Game--Photo 3
  A football game takes place in front of a crowd of bystanders.
• Couple and young girl
  A couple pose with a young girl sitting on an object positioned between the man and woman. The group poses outside on a concrete area at the corner of a building with an open door.
• Tornado aftermath, Newkirk, OK, May 1973--Photo 3
  The destruction and aftermath of a tornado after going through Newkirk, Oklahoma.
• Roberta Lee with an x-ray, 1973
  Nurse Roberta Lee holding what appears to be an x-ray. Back of the photo reads: 'M. Grant' (Marta Grant).
• Three young women looking over blankets
  Three young women examine blankets in sewing room.