Honoring Dr. Joel Barrow and the Choctaw Academy for their historic contributions to Native American education and medicine.
This resolution honors Dr. Joel Barrow, the first Indigenous American to become a college-educated medical doctor, and the Choctaw Academy, the first federal Native American boarding school that empowered him. Dr. Barrow, a member of the Potawatomi tribe, utilized his medical skills for his tribe and advocated for education as a key to progress. The Choctaw Academy, built in 1825, educated 600 Native Americans from different tribes and is recognized as a pivotal institution in American history.
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