Chilocco History Project

Items

• Man using a shovel
  A group of six young men in shorts and four other men stand off to the side of a man using a shovel.
• Three soldiers of Company C Student Infantry
  Two soldiers in uniform and military hats stand side by side in front of a leafless tree. A third man, possibly a soldier, crouches in front of them in a different uniform.
• Students in costume
  A group picture of individuals in costume showing the girls in the middle to be in white dresses with flower garlands in hand and boys on the ends and in the back row. Behind the group is a building covered in vines.
• Acrobatics, group photo
  Nine women pose in acrobatic stances for a group photo on a mat outside. Inscribed on the photo: 'Acrobatics.'
• Norman Thornton at a desk, 1973
  Norman Thornton smiling at a desk. Back of the photo reads 'Norman Thornton.'
• Small stone building with wrap-around porch and archway
  A small stone building with a columned porch wrapping around two sides has a stone arch over a sidewalk leading towards the front steps.
• Man standing on slope
  A man in a hat standing on a steep grassy slope.
• Construction on building with trucks pulled up
  Planks of wood and an old AC system are seen on the side of a Chilocco building. Several trucks are also pictured.
• Miss Chilocco in line next to beverage table
  Miss Chilocco standing next to a beverage table at an Chilocco event. Other women with similar tiaras stand in line behind Miss Chilocco.
• Rows of crops
  Rows of crops being grown on the property of the Chilocco school.
• Group gathered in a field for a Chilocco event
  A group gathers at an Chilocco event in a field, with telephone poles in the background.
• June and Francis Kirkland, 1973
  June Kirkland, from the guidance department, and Francis Kirkland, from the welding department, pose for the camera. June is sitting with Francis standing next to her with his arm around her [The Chilocco Annual, 1973].
• Four men digging
  Four men are shown using different tools to engage in revealing a shallow rectangle in the bare ground.
• Students at dance in barn--Photo 18
  Bill Huff, from Lawtons, NY (Muncie Tribe), and a young woman stand with a tractor cake in front of hay bales at Chilocco event.
• Explorer Post 89 members--Photo 9
  Scouts of Chilocco Troop 89 are posing for the camera [The Chilocco Annual, 1958].
• Harvest, 1890—Photo 2
  Several individuals are seen among bushes for harvesting.
• Mrs. McGrew doing paperwork in the plant management office
  Mrs. McGrew doing paperwork in the office of plant management. Back of the photo reads: 'Mrs. McGrew.'
• Woman giving speech at NAIWA
  Woman stands at podium giving a speech for the NAIWA (National American Indian Women's Association) Convention in a Chilocco building. A table in the foreground holds a model teepee along with dishes and glasses.
• Men working in a shop
  Four men working in a shoe workshop.
• Student Infantry—Photo 3
  Uniformed infantry marches down a path in the foreground of the picture. Civilians and cars are visible in the background.
• Two men making purses
  Two men making leather purses in a workshop.
• Opal Bean in front of a building, 1951—Photo 3
  Young woman in dark shirt and ankle-length skirt in front of bush, outside building at Chilocco.
• Woman exhibiting traditional dress at an event—Photo 11
  Older woman in floor-length dress stands next to speaker at podium.
• Roscoe Olds and Russell Cannon at the heating plant, 1973
  Heating Plant workers Roscoe Olds and Russell Cannon pose for a photo. Back of the photo reads: 'Roscoe Olds', 'Russell Cannon.'
• Maxine Stephenson, Ramona Jenkins, Pauline Harjo, and Josephine Wildcat Bigler in front of Hawthorn Hall, 1940
  Four women (left to right: Maxine Stephenson, Ramona Jenkins, Pauline Harjo, Josephine Wildcat Bigler) stand in the archway of Haworth Hall. Maxine Stephenson was a Cherokee from Vinita, Oklahoma and a senior in 1940. Ramona Jenkins was a Cherokee from Del Norte, Colorado and a senior in 1940. Pauline Harjo was a Seminole from Colvis, New Mexico and a senior in 1941. Josephine Wildcat Bigler was a Euchee from Sapulpa, Oklahoma and a senior in 1940.