Sequoyah High School

 
Location: Tahlequah, OK
Years of Operation: 1871 - Present
Brief History: Started by the Cherokee National Council as an orphan asylum in 1871 to care for children orphaned during the Civil War. The asylum and 40 acres were sold to the federal government in 1914 for $5,000, and it continued to operate as a school for orphans. The institution's name was changed to Sequoyah Orphan Training School in 1925 in honor of Sequoyah, a well-known Cherokee who developed the Cherokee alphabet, and later became Sequoyah Vocational School for a time and then Sequoyah High School. When the 7th and 8th grades were added, it became known as Sequoyah Schools. The campus now consists of 90 acres and more than a dozen buildings five miles southwest of the Cherokee Nation capital city of Tahlequah, OK. The Cherokee Nation assumed operation of the schools in 1985. It is regionally and state accredited for grades 7-12. Today, Sequoyah Schools enroll more than 300 students representing 42 tribes and 14 different states.
Primary Sources: Official school site http://sequoyah.cherokee.org
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Site Coordinator:

Dana Tiger

Brenda Golden
 

Contact number:

(918) 822-7255

(405) 949-0893
 

Event Date and Time:

June 4, 2009

9am-3pm*
                                                

Event Location:

17091 S Muskogee Avenue
 
Event Flyer: Click Here for More Information
 
*Participants are invited to meet at 8:00 a.m. at the Cherokee Nation Complex (W. W. Keeler Complex) and walk with us to the Sequoyah High School. The Opening Ceremony will begin at 9:00 a.m. in the school's gymnasium.