First National Indian Training School: The Choctaw Academy (open access)

First National Indian Training School: The Choctaw Academy

Article describes the establishment and construction of the first school for American Indian boys beyond the elementary school level, the Choctaw Academy in Scott County, Kentucky. Ethel McMillan discusses the ways Choctaw leaders worked with Indian agents to establish the school and the lives of the missionaries who led it.
Date: Spring 1950
Creator: McMillan, Ethel
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Choctaw Academy

Photograph of the Great Crossing at Choctaw Academy, Scott County, KY, stone fences built by slaves and Irish Immigrants, April 1988.
Date: April 1988
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0919.0391]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Young people today are apt to witness the decline and death of Christianity in their lifetimes."
Date: February 24, 1961
Creator: Albright, Bob
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History