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Jones Academy is a Native American boarding school and dormitory for students in grades 1–12 in unincorporated Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, [1] along Oklahoma State Highway 270, near Hartsthorne. [2] It is operated by the Choctaw Nation and is affiliated with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE).
Jane Austin was born on August 19, 1842, in Doaksville, Choctaw Nation near Fort Towson, to Lewis Austin, a full-blood Choctaw with mechanical inclinations who owned mills, gins, and a tannery, and Mollie Webster, who was of mixed Choctaw and white ancestry. [1] [2] [3] Her parents had relocated west as part of the Trail of Tears. [4]
Wheelock Academy was the model academy for the Five Civilized Tribes' academies. It was started as a missionary school for Choctaw girls, [ a ] and is still owned by the Choctaw nation. The school closed in 1955 and the only remaining Choctaw school, Jones Academy, became coeducational . [ 4 ]
Jones Academy, Hartshorne, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory/Oklahoma [4] Opened in 1891 [48] Koweta Mission School Coweta, Creek Nation, Indian Territory open 1843–61 [ 49 ] Levering Manual Labor School, Wetumka, Creek Nation, Indian Territory Open 1882 [ 50 ] –91, operated by the Southern Baptist Convention .
Sep. 4—CHOCTAW NATION — Choctaw Nation Chief Gary Batton echoed the words of a prominent chief of the southeast Oklahoma tribal nation during his annual State of the Nation. "My destiny is ...
The Choctaw Academy dormitory building in Scott County, Ky., stands Thursday, February 1, 2024. Established in 1825, the academy was the first federally controlled residential/boarding school for ...
Aug. 14—The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma details the Success through Academic Recognition incentive program for Choctaw students nationwide who are enrolled in grades 2nd through 12th.
2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Hartshorne is Jones Academy, a public boarding school for Native Americans with proof of their tribal heritage. Many tribal students come from the Choctaw Nation, whose territory encompasses Pittsburg County. The junior high/high school students attend the Hartshorne Public Schools, while Jones Academy has its own ...