News from the Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club The Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club is Oklahoma’s oldest, continuous chartered club. Established in the summer of 1899 at Oowala, in the Cooweescoowee District of the Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory, it began as a ‘past-time club’ for Native women returning home in the summers from seminaries and colleges. Today, the club remains active in cultural preservation and community service. Based in Claremore, the membership’s dedication to Cherokee and local history is inspiring and commendable. More than a century since its inception, the women of the Pocahontas Club still gather to preserve Cherokee values. BY DEBRA WEST
2022 Scholarship Recipients
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he Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club Higher Education Scholarship Recipients for the upcoming 20212022 academic year are: • Madison Gray from Porter will be attending the University of Central Oklahoma • Erica Taylor from Pryor will be attending The University of Tulsa • Kylea Anderson from Inola will be attending Northeastern State University • Halle Tatham from Pryor will be attending Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College • Carson Draeger from Chelsea will be attending the University of Central Oklahoma • Kylea Terrell from Checotah will be attending Connors State College
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• Chas McClain from Stilwell will be attending Carl Albert State College • Hannah Henson from Tulsa will be attending Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA • Remington Ward from Locust Grove will be attending Oklahoma State University • Lauren Bulcroft from Claremore will be attending Missouri University of Science & Technology • Jesse Rader from Claremore - RSU - Foreman Faulkner Scholarship Endowment • Cloe Dennis from Claremore - RSU - Foreman Faulkner Scholarship Endowment • Jasper Rader from Claremore - RSU - Foreman Faulkner Scholarship Endowment • Rayna Rock from Muskogee
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Madison Gray Higher Education Scholarship
- RSU - Foreman Faulkner Scholarship Endowment • Rachel McKisick from Catoosa OSU - Dawson-Nelson Akanadi Endowed Scholarship • Tiffany Stover from Nowata is the first recipient of the Imogene King Crutchfield Scholarship and will be attending Northeast Technology Center in Pryor. The Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club sponsor ten Cherokee students, male or female, entering college or vocational school, with a $600.00 per academic year scholarship, along with one recipient of the Oklahoma State University Foundation, Dawson-Nelson Akanadi Endowed Scholarship Fund,
