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PIECES Of HISTORY

in the secnd hl the 19th century, ederl Indin

plicy shited rm militry crtti t erts

t “civilize” nd ssimilte the ntive peples int the

eerl ppulti. Idi schls, dmiistered by the

ofce Indin ais, wee signicnt pt this plicy.

oe these schls—the Chilcc Idi Schl i

oklhm—ws in pertin r nerly century (1884–

1980) nd dew students m me thn 40 tibes. Chilcc

 ws vctinl brding schl tht ered instructin tstudents in primry grdes thrugh high schl. rm its

beginning in ne building, it grew t be ne the lrgest

schls r Indins in the ntin.

 a schl pmphlet describing the 1925–1926 curse  

study prclimed tht “Chilcc ers unlimited chnges

r trining nd develpment in [griculture].” Te schl

ls ered bys vctil trii i priti, crpe-

try, ut mechnics, engineering, physicl eductin, nd

cchi. girls were ered curses i hme ecmics

d ursi. I lter yers, the schl ered plumbi,

electricl wrk, welding, mechnics, d services, nd -fce eductin.

Studets prduced the Indian School Journal  i the

schl’s print shp. Te jurnl ws published weekly rm

1904 t 1906 nd mnthly rm 1906 t 1926.

Eductinl nd helth etues, pems, nd inspitinl

sties mixed with schl news in genel, such s the esults

sprts cmpetitins, retirement st, specil guests t

the schl, nd schl plys. Te junl included numbe

phtgphs students, culty, schl buildings, Indin

huses, nd rticts.

recds elting t the Chilcc Indin Schl e vil-ble lie t  Archives.gov  d t the ntil archives

t rth Wrth, Texs, where yu c fd welth  

resurces r reserch i ntive americ settlemet i

Indin erritry. P

The Indian School Journal 

The March 1925 issue of the Indian School Journal  featured several

articles on agricultural subjects.

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