"Stars in a Dark Night": The Education of Indian Youth at Choctaw Academy

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Article discusses the establishment of the Choctaw Academy in the early to mid-nineteenth century by Richard Mentor Johnson. Marjorie Hall Young discusses the tribes that sent their children to the academy as well as its academic curricula.

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Young, Marjorie Hall Autumn 1997.

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Article discusses the establishment of the Choctaw Academy in the early to mid-nineteenth century by Richard Mentor Johnson. Marjorie Hall Young discusses the tribes that sent their children to the academy as well as its academic curricula.

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26 p. : ill.

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Abstract: Between 1825 and the mid-1840s, many of the brightest and most promising leaders of the Choctaw Nation and other Indian tribes received their education at the Choctaw Academy established by Richard Mentor John-son on his Kentucky farm. Marjorie hall Young recounts the history of the enterprise that was a potent force in advancing the welfare and prosperity of many young American Indians.

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  • Chronicles of Oklahoma, 75(3), Oklahoma Historical Society, 1997, pp. 280-305

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  • Publication Title: Chronicles of Oklahoma
  • Volume: 75
  • Issue: 3
  • Page Start: 280
  • Page End: 305

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Young, Marjorie Hall. "Stars in a Dark Night": The Education of Indian Youth at Choctaw Academy, article, Autumn 1997; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2031821/: accessed June 7, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.

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