The NBA’s first Native American player took the court shortly after the league officially formed in 1949. Others of Native American lineage to play in the NBA have included Bison Dele (1992-1999), ...
Schools taking on the work of teaching Indigenous histories must understand how schools have historically been tools for violence, land theft, and assimilation against Native students and communities.
The last-standing structure of the Choctaw Academy sits on farmland in Georgetown, and a new discovery about one of its students could bring fresh attention to the deteriorating site.