Sequoyah Boarding School (Oklahoma)

Sequoyah High School originated in 1871, originated as a boarding school operated by the Cherokee Nation. It has undergone several name changes, including Cherokee Orphan Training School, Sequoyah Orphan Training School, and Sequoyah Vocational School. It was operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs from 1914 to 1985, when the Cherokee Nation again assumed its operation.

Student Case Files, 1911-1984, are among the holdings of the Southwest Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Fort Worth, Texas.

Some records of Sequoyah School may be embedded in the records of the Muskogee Area Office and the Five Civilized Tribes Agency, many of which are housed at the Southwest Regional Archives of NARA in Fort Worth.

Microfilm copies of “Narrative and Statistical Reports” for Sequoyah are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, beginning with their film number 1724219.

The Family History Library also has microfilm copies of some of the records of Sequoyah Boarding School in a collection beginning with their microfilm number 1025199, including:


 * Student register and pupil-parent lists, 1911-1920
 * Detail list of students, 1918-1923
 * Student lists by county, 1939-1941
 * Enrollment listings, 1939-1943, 1949-1950

These are copies of some of the records at the Southwest Regional Archives of NARA.

References

Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States