Bloomfield Academy (Oklahoma)
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Bloomfield Academy was a Chickasaw
school for girls founded in 1852 by the Reverend J.H. Carr located near Achille, Oklahoma
. Control passed to the United States
government after passage of the Curtis Act in 1898.
Chickasaw
The Chickasaw are Native American people originally from the region that would become the Southeastern United States...
school for girls founded in 1852 by the Reverend J.H. Carr located near Achille, Oklahoma
Achille, Oklahoma
Achille is a town in Bryan County, Oklahoma, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 506.The town's name comes from a Cherokee word, "atsila", meaning fire.-History:...
. Control passed to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
government after passage of the Curtis Act in 1898.
Further reading
- Bryce, J. Y. Some Notes of Interest Concerning Early Day Operations in Indian Territory by Methodist Church South. Chronicles of Oklahoma 4:3 (September 1926) 233-241.
- Carr, S. J. Bloomfield Academy and its Founder. 366-379 2:4 (December 1924)
- Cobb, Amanda J. Listening to Our Grandmothers' Stories: The Bloomfield Academy for Chickasaw Females, 1852-1949 (2000)