Article describes the political and social process of convincing the legislature to place one of the state's normal schools, or teachers' colleges, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. By this process local citizens of Tahlequah secured Northeastern State Normal School for their town.
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Article describes the political and social process of convincing the legislature to place one of the state's normal schools, or teachers' colleges, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. By this process local citizens of Tahlequah secured Northeastern State Normal School for their town.
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Abstract: The Cherokee Nation considered education to be very important, and this belief was exemplified in the Cherokee Female Seminary in Tahlequah. The region's education tradition continued, reflected in the political and social process of convincing the legislature to place one of the state's normal schools, or teachers' colleges, in Tahlequah. Brad Agnew describes the process by which local citizens secured Northeastern State Normal School for their town.
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The Chronicles of Oklahoma
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Agnew, Brad.Sustaining the Cherokee's Lamp of Enlightenment: The Establishment of Northeastern State Normal School,
article,
Winter 2008;
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
(https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2006480/:
accessed September 22, 2023),
The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org;
crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.