Author: Devon A. Mihesuah

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 1997-01-15

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780252066771

Established by the Cherokee Nation in 1851 in present-day eastern Oklahoma, the nondenominational Cherokee Female Seminary was one of the most important schools in the history of American Indian education. Devon Mihesuah explores its curriculum, faculty, administration, and educational philosophy. Recipient of a 1995 Critics' Choice Award of the American Educational Studies Association. 24 photos.