The Cherokee education system, which includes the first female
secondary school west of the Mississippi River, is a compelling
topic and one that demands native voices. Assimilation is a term
most commonly used with the formal education of American Indians.
However, the Cherokee people chose to establish an independent
education system to protect their cultural and political
sovereignty. Adaption is a more accurate description for the
purpose of the institutions the Cherokee people funded and built.
This analysis is an examination of the Cherokee education system,
established and funded solely by the Cherokee Nation, and its
relationship to political and cultural sovereignty. The author is
Cherokee. She evaluates the current trend of placing American
Indian education in the Eurocentric context of acculturation and
assimilation and concludes that the Cherokee system does not fit
the popular paradigm. Originally, this manuscript was destined to
be submitted as an MA thesis, but because the author's thesis
committee members insisted that she use the more acceptable term of
assimilation and to find more acceptable sources, she elected to
pull out of the program. Instead of an MA thesis, she produced an
independent scholarly examination of the Cherokee education system.
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