Chilocco Indian Agricultural School - Chiloccoan Yearbook (Chilocco, OK)

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Preface A yearbook can serve a dual purpose for a school like Chilocco. It is the intention of this yearbook staff and Student Council to have this Chiloccoan serve as a memory book and a history book. It’s theme is distinctly Indian and because the students are proud of their Indian heritage the division pages depict Indian life of the past. The pages between each division page are representative of Indian youth and their life today, especially on the Chilocco campus. Follow the Chilocco students through the school year. The memories of Indian life in the past and the rich history are alive in the Indian youth today. Robert F. Ken- nedy once said, “Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say why not.” Today, young Indian people are asking for the older generations to tell why Indian life is like it is — they realize that there is no reason why the Indian heritage must change. However, they realize also that they are living in a very modern cen- tury. In their life time, they have seen man land on the moon, presidents assas- sinated and watched a war develop in which many believed they had no real part to play. The Indian youth of today ask why and dream of Indian memories as they once were. A yearbook is not something that just happens. Many people worked to make this book a success, sometimes against many problems. Much of the groundwork was done by Mr. Lincoln Morris now in the printing department at Haskell Indian Jun- ior College. Mr. Walter Means developed and printed the pictures and Mr. Rupert Cooper printed the book with the help of Debbie Wakolee and Lou Watashe and other printing students. Adele Zephier, senior, learned to shoot pictures for the yearbook and took many of the informal shots captured on these pages. The yearbook staff was under the guidance of Miss Joy Spicer, who took pictures and helped students with lay-out, identification and the many decisions which had to be made. Thus, it is our hope that this yearbook serve as a memory book of the 1971-72 school year and as a history book to tell what happened during this school year. It is impossible to record all the events. Most of all, may this yearbook be a fitting memorial of the student body at Chilocco.

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Introduction To the Classes This yearbook is dedicated to the young Indian People, who are trying to make something of themselves and their lives, here at Chilocco. Whether or not they realize it they are becoming more of an adult, than they would if they were at home. Here they learn to cope with their problems They ore also preparing to leave here with the ability to stand on their own two feet. When they are cider they will look back upon their past, thinking how nice it was to be in a school where their peers were of their own race. Chilocco is a beautiful school helping to unite the Indians. Everyone who graduates here will be looking back and saying, I'm proud I graduated from CHILOCCO INDIAN SCHOOL.