Chilocco History Project

Items

• First building at Chilocco, July 1887
  Group of people line up around the first building of Chilocco Schools, July 1887.
• Eight students embroidering at a table
  Students around a large table work on embroidery. There are eight students accompanied by the instructor standing in the background and an assistant.
• Twenty-member band of boys
  A band composed of about twenty young men with differing instruments perform in matching uniforms of white and hats.
• Chilocco Academic Building
  Chilocco Academic Building [The Chilocco Annual, 1932].
• Explorer Post 89 members--Photo 2
  Five members of Explorer Post 89 gather around a well.
• Construction on Chilocco building--Photo 4
  A building project under construction.
• Student Infantry—Photo 9
  Student infantry pictured with their gear on the ground. A building partially wrapped with ivy is visible in the upper right hand corner of the image.
• Corbett Walkingsky playing table tennis, 1973
  Corbett Walkingsky is playing table tennis as two young men pass by in the background. [The Chilocco Annual, 1973].
• Three men crafting belts in workshop
  Three men working on belts and other leather goods in workshop.
• Two workers sweeping the floor
  Two young men are sweeping the floors inside a building on campus.
• Sheep grazing in pasture
  Sheep grazing in a pasture surrounded by trees at Chilocco Indian school.
• Woman exhibiting traditional dress at an event—Photo 9
  Woman in Native dress stands on stage next to woman speaking into a microphone at podium.
• Woman exhibiting traditional dress at an event—Photo 1
  Color photo of a young woman in front of plants and tapestry in Native dress.
• Group of priests and parishioners at altar, January 1967—Picture 2
  Group photograph in front of altar inside a church.
• Young man pointing
  A blurred picture of a young man in a plaid shirt over a t-shirt, standing against an outside wall with two windows. He appears to be pointing to something off camera.
• Home 5 under construction, 1932
  Building Construction, Home 5 [The Chilocco Annual, 1932].
• Two older women at table at NAIWA convention
  Two women sit at a table while lunch is served at the NAIWA (National American Indian Women's Association) Convention.
• Building under construction
  Building under construction, featuring scaffolding and workmen doing construction on the exterior.
• Young woman outside in Native dress
  Color photo of young woman outside in purple Native dress.
• Chilocco's first faculty and staff members
  Group of faculty and staff at Chilocco during the first years of being established pose for a picture along the side of the Chilocco building. First Row (L. to R.): Mr. Taylor, Nina Taylor (little girl), Jasper Hadley, Lilly Hadley (daughter), Mr. Nelson, Mrs. Scott (clerk's wife). Second Row (L. to R.): Mrs. Taylor, Matilda Wind, Addie Haynes, Emma Deknight Sluth, Miss Hagan, Miss Pearson, Mrs. Thacker, Mr. Scott.
• Type Tusslers, group photo, 1973
  Type Tusslers of 1973 pose for a group picture and include, seated (L. to R.): Rebecca Black, Jody Beard, Shirley Maines, Rosie Billie. Second Row (L. to R.): Mark Rainville, BeeBee Vance, Terry Balderrama, John Whitehorn, and Rupert L. Cooper, Printing Instructor. Third Row (L. to R.): Sidney Moore, Teacher's Aide; Oliver Littlecook; Smokey Green; Jimmy Grant; Fred Mallett; and Elton Ely. [The Chilocco Annual, 1973].
• Speaker at podium at NAIWA event
  Photograph from area in front of stage at a NAIWA (National American Indian Women's Association) Convention. A man gives a speech at the podium, while three women sit in the background on the stage. The stage is decorated with flowers, and a piano is partially visible in front of the stage.
• Women greeting each other with others looking on at NAIWA
  One woman kisses another on the cheek by the podium at the NAIWA (National American Indian Women's Association) Convention. Lunch is being served, people sit to the left and right of the podium with plates and dishes of food in front of them.
• Carriasco McGilbra working, 1977
  Carriasco McGilbra working over a table. Back of the photo reads: 'Carriasco McGilbra.'
• Woman exhibiting traditional dress at an event—Photo 7
  Ten young women in Native dress at event at Chilocco. Seated women are seen with trays in the foreground of the image.