Chilocco Indian Agricultural School
National Register of Historic Places

Chilocco Indian Agricultural School

Newkirk, Kay County, Oklahoma
Listed
September 7, 2006
Type
District
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
06000792

About this property

Chilocco Indian School was an agricultural school for Native Americans on reserved land in north-central Oklahoma from 1884 to 1980. It was approximately 20 miles north of Ponca City, Oklahoma and seven miles north of Newkirk, Oklahoma, near the Kansas border. The name "Chilocco" is apparently derived from the Creek eco rakko, which literally meant "big deer" but typically referred to a horse. In 1912, the Oklahoma Supreme Court heard a case over an election dispute involving whisky and whether the Chilocco reservation was part of Kay County and the state of Oklahoma or "Indian Territory". The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that school land was not an Indian Reservation, that the school was an off-reservation entity, and that the word reservation had various meanings and the area was not reserved as Indian territory.

Location

Newkirk, Kay County, Oklahoma
36.98693, -97.06025

Categories

EDUCATIONNATIVE AMERICANPOLITICS/GOVERNMENTARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was Chilocco Indian Agricultural School listed on the National Register?

Chilocco Indian Agricultural School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 7, 2006.

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Chilocco Indian Agricultural School is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Chilocco Indian Agricultural School is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1884.

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