1. Top Indian Affairs Official Visits Oklahoma for Firsthand Look at Chilocco Indian School Identifier: CAC_CC_004_10_141_9_0034 Contributing Institution: Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Collection: Page H. Belcher Collection Title: Top Indian Affairs Official Visits Oklahoma for Firsthand Look at Chilocco Indian School Date: 1950-01-01 Creator: unknown Names: Chilocco Nation, Caddo Nation of Oklahoma Topic: Indians of North America--Oklahoma Congress: 86th (1959-1961), 83rd (1953-1955), 84th (1955-1957), 82nd (1951-1953), 81st (1949-1951), 85th (1957-1959)
![["Dr. Leon Wall, superintendent of Indian schools, arrived in Oklahoma to investigate conditions at Chilocco Indian School. Reports of mistreatment of students led to a BIA survey, and decisions on the future of the school are pending until all facts are known. Tribal councils are meeting to discuss the situation and protest any plans for private contractor operation of the school."]](https://jones-2.s3.amazonaws.com/Page%20H.%20Belcher%20Collection,%201951-1972/91st%20Congress-CAC_CC_004_10_0000_0000_0000/CAC_CC_004_10_141_9_0000-Interior%20-%20Departmental%20-%20Bureau%20of%20Indian%20Affairs%20Chilocco%20Indian%20School,%201969/Thumbnails/CAC_CC_004_10_141_9_0034_thumbnail.jpg "Top Indian Affairs Official Visits Oklahoma for Firsthand Look at Chilocco Indian School")