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Cheyenne & Arapaho Indian Boarding School
Indian Boarding School Movie Documentary "I knew him" and "Look Right Here" evps were captured by Charlie of RVPRI
Date:
July-Dec
2006 & On-Going History:
Our team had done an investigation
out at this old Indian Boarding School back in 2001 so it had been years since
we had been back out to the old school. Anita Tallbull, founder of NAGS
(Native American Ghost Society) had previously contacted us about doing an
investigation with them at the Cemetery of the Damned and afterwards, extended
the invitation to come investigate the old Indian Boarding School with them.
We gladly accepted their invitation and thus our investigation of this
spectacular place began. We started doing our investigation here back in
July of 2006 and have made this location an on-going investigation. During
our investigation of this location, we have witnessed many strange things
ranging from dark shadows running about through the buildings and on the grounds
to hearing disem So far during our times of investigating this location, we have been able to capture 3 strange photographs, one in the gym area and 2 in the admin building. We have exhausted all efforts of recreating this photos but have not been able to come up with an explanation. Below we will list some of our experiences while in different areas of the school. Group's Personal Experiences:
The Dorm Rooms: Comprised of two separate buildings, both a girls dorm and a boy's dorm, these buildings although sitting empty for many years still seem to hold the energy from some of the children who lived there. Some of our earlier and later experiences there revealed audible voices of not only children but adults as well. We would hear voices beside us and then some off in a distance. We also experienced hearing footsteps running up and down the halls and all members saw shadows run in and out of the rooms. There were may times that we would see these shadows in the hall and we would follow them until they would disappear. We also experienced temperature changes and feel strange breezes that would pass by us.
I don't even know where to begin when it comes to this school. I can tell you that I have experienced more strange things at this school than I have perhaps at any other place that I have investigated. Not only did I witness first hand some of the most intriguing activity at this location, I also came into contact with a few different spirits there on the grounds. There were several children that I connected with, each of them telling me things that had happened to them. Some of them seemed content to be staying on the grounds there as if they felt it is where they belonged. There was also the spirit of a male worker, a caretaker that seemed to believe that he was still responsible for the grounds there. Some of the children did not like him however as he frightened them. He also was very protective over the grounds and who entered the buildings, especially the dorm rooms. Not only did we experience some of the children following us, but we also had this man follow us and at times he made it known to us that he did not want us there.  Psychic Investigator's
Comments: - Anita TallBull - The things that I find most intriguing about IBS is all the spirits of the children there. I feel that they are all there for a reason, Why you ask, I have no idea. I came across a little boy spirit who's name was given to me as Michael. When doing the research on the IBS I found that there was a little boy who's name was Michael and he had drowned in a pond on the tribal lands there. Then in the cafeteria I came across a spirit of a woman who I felt had been a cook there for the school and felt at home in the cafeteria.
I have also came upon a mans spirit who I
feel was a handy man or an over seer at the school. With
this spirit I felt that there was a lot of darkness
around, as if he had done some very bad things and didn't
want anyone to find out. When walking thru a hallway you
got the feeling of being watched and then of something not
wanting you to be there, almost as to say LEAVE..
With all that being said The IBS has been one
of the more active places I have been. But you have to remember, Tribal lands and the
people there are all very spiritual and have very strong
beliefs. As we respect them and there beliefs.
Evidence Collected
Photographs: There were several photos that were taken and deemed unexplainable.
Video: 1 Video Clip of an Apparition: Indian Boarding School Apparition Video Evp: There were 4 evp recorded from this investigation, 2 of which are Class "A" evp.
"Look Right
Here"
Captured by Charlie of RVPRI
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After the trail of tears,
many Native Americans were forced onto reservations erected
to maintain control, educate and civilize them while forcing
them to deny their old ways and conform to the white man's
way of living. Churches were built to teach them white
man's religion and schools were built to educate them to the
white man's way of thinking, thus Indian Boarding School
were built and used but in the beginning and for many
generations, these boarding schools were not always
beneficial to the children who attended them. Parents
of the children attending the boarding schools did not want
to send their children for various reasons. The
children were not allowed to speak their native tongue and
if caught, they were severely punished. Their hair
which held spiritual symbology had to be cut and their
clothing fashioned after the modern day white man. The
children were not always treated with respect and many of
the white school instructors viewed them as unable to be
educated. They were punished for remembering and
following their own spiritual beliefs and in turn were
forced to learn about white man's God and the bible.
Worst of all and every parents worst fear was that their
children would not be returned back home to them. The
fear of illness and death plagued many of the early Indian
Boarding Schools. With the introduction of the white
man, foreign diseases were introduced to the Native American
people which caused many to fall victim to sickness and
death. Stories passed down and recorded history showed
high death tolls for many
of the Native American children
during their attendance at these early boarding schools.
Many times when a child fell victim to an illness, they were
kept at the school until their condition turned critical at
which point they were then sent back home to die. Many
of the schools leaders became fearful of the rising death
tolls among the children while attending, thus their reasons
for sending them back home. Others were sometimes
buried in mass graves on the school's grounds if they were
unable to make it back home. 
The original Cheyenne &
Arapaho school was named Darlington and was established in
1887 but was closed in 1932 due to the new school being
built up on the main road. This
school was named Concho Indian Boarding School and remained
operational until 1969 when it was closed due to another
larger and newer improved school being built. This
final school still named Concho Indian Boarding School
remained open from 1969-1981 when it closed its doors due to
lack of federal funding. Although now closed and
sitting empty for nearly 30 years, its memory and legends
are far from being forgotten. Those who have visited
this lonely boarding school have witnessed
strange
activity ranging from dark shadows to disembodied voices,
apparitions of young Indian children roaming about and even
encounters with a much darker force that lingers within the
walls of the old school and grounds there.
bodies
voices and growls. We also had members touched and followed and had
encounters that we have no explanations for. To better understand this
investigation, please make sure to check out our Indian Boarding School Movie
Documentary.
The Gym and Admin
building: By far these 2
areas were the most intriguing by far as we encountered a few dark entities
that we believe were assigned there to protect the grounds and then others that
were brought into the complex. There was one night that we had all sort of
things happening in the gym, including an incident with one of the tribal
members that revealed a very shocking experience. We have this on video,
but due to confidentiality of this individual and due to the nature of the
graphic video, OKPRI will not release this video to the public. I can only
tell you that after this one particular night's investigation, we were standing
out by our vehicles getting ready to leave when we all heard Christy's name
being called out very loud. This voice that called out happened several
times. We
also would see shadows running through the buildings and outside
on the grounds and on many instances we heard audible voices and felt touched
but when we would turn around we would see no one there. There were also
several times that our team heard growls while investigating both the gym and
the admin building. Strange lights were seen throughout the admin building
including an apparition that was caught on video while the group was watching a
door down the hall that seemed to be moving on its own.
Psychic Investigator's
Comments: 
