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"The Chilocco Indian School Cemetery is located one-half mile south of the main Chilocco Indian Agricultural School campus. The Chilocco National Alumni Association (http://www.chiloccoalumni.org) has a record of 59 names of former students, employees and perhaps their children buried at the cemetery. Unfortunately we do not know which grave bears which name.
The association maintains the cemetery since the closure of Chilocco in 1980. A cemetery on the campus of Indian schools is not unusual. In the early days of Indian schools it was almost a necessity due to impoverishment, distance of families from schools and transportation.
The annual Chilocco Indian School reunion, which is held each year since 1894 with the first graduating class, will include a memorial service at the cemetery in 2018 to honor our brothers and sisters long buried there but not forgotten. Future plans include fund raising to erect a memorial monument with the 59 names inscribed. The cemetery will be mentioned in the Chilocco documentary to be completed prior to May 2018."
Jim Baker
Historian, Chilocco National Alumni
Former Student, Former Chilocco Superintendent
If you have additional information about this cemetery, please send area coordinator an e-mail.
DIED NAME TRIBE 1884 Orcay, Reuben Kiowa 1884 Rhodd, Jimmie Potawatomi 1884 Takare, Take Care 1885 Bowman, Louis Pawnee 1885 Walker, Blanche Sac & Fox 1885 Unknown, Alice 1887 Boynton, Lottie Arapaho 1887 Eagle, Mary Pawnee 1888 Gregson, Josie Potawatomi 1895 Ellis, Lucy 1899 Moon, Neotha Arapaho 1900 Roubedeau, Phillip Otoe 1901 Ogee, Myrtle 1902 Manis, Roman Cree 1902 Pony, John Sioux 1902 Nickkelson, Martin 1902 Pratt, Luly 1903 Curtis, Gilbert Sioux 1904 Durborrow, John 1904 Thomas, May 1904 Waugon, Frank Ottawa 1905 Buffalo, Ben Cheyenne 1905 Kishketon, George Kickapoo 1905 Morin, Roman Cree 1906 Cadman, Marion Navajo 1906 Chavez, Etanalau Pueblo 1906 Chee, Hostine Navajo 1906 Lotta, Kisto Pima 1906 Morton, J. W. 1907 Edwards, Eddie 1907 Pattequa, Addie 1907 Polycarpio, Romero 1907 Rogers, Ellen 1908 Machel, Nancy 1908 Longtail, Bessie Winnebago 1909 Brito, Theodore Pueblo 1909 Heydorf, Alfred 1909 Powell, James Navajo 1909 Smith, John Ponca 1910 Rider, Nora 1910 Davenport, Addison 1911 Durant, Sam Choctaw 1911 Johnson, Frank Kiowa 1913 Calhoun, Floyd Cherokee 1913 Thompson, Floyd 1914 Pezhewa, Jose Potawatomi 1915 Hornett, Sarah Cherokee 1915 Smith, Melinda Seneca 1920 Simmons, Lizzie 1921 Gibson, Charles 1923 Charlo, Edgar Seneca 1933 Loffer, Eugene Sioux Dyer, Baby Choctaw Garron, John Iroquois Jones, Tas Yazzie Navajo Long, Annie Quapaw Reeder, Stella Shaler, Etta Delaware Wooding, Charley Pawnee
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