1. Urgent Plea to Save Chilocco Indian School Identifier: CAC_CC_003_2_31_5_0030 Contributing Institution: Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Collection: Dewey F. Bartlett Collection Title: Urgent Plea to Save Chilocco Indian School Date: 1974-01-25 Creator: Tillman, Charles, Jr., 1937-2022 Policy Area: Native Americans Topic: Indians of North America--United States Congress: 93rd (1973-1975)
![["The Superintendent of Newkirk Public Schools is writing to Dewey Bartlett to express concern about the proposed closing of the Chilocco Indian School. They emphasize the importance of the school to the Indian children and the community, as well as the financial impact on their school and local businesses. They also highlight the school's location and facilities as reasons to keep it open. They request that Bartlett reconsider the decision to close the school."]](https://jones-2.s3.amazonaws.com/Dewey%20F.%20Bartlett%20Collection/Subject,%201946-1978-CAC_CC_003_2_0000_0000_0000/CAC_CC_003_2_31_5_0000-Indian%20Affairs,%20Education,%201977/Thumbnails/CAC_CC_003_2_31_5_0030_thumbnail.jpg "Urgent Plea to Save Chilocco Indian School")