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Wheelock Academy
Wheelock Academy was the model academy for the five civilized tribes' academies. It was started as a missionary school for Choctaw girls, and is still owned by the Choctaw nation. The school closed in 1955 and the only remaining Choctaw school Jones Academy became coeducational.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.choctawnation.com/services/education/jones-academy/ )〕 The site is located east of Millerton in McCurtain County, Oklahoma. It is owned by the Choctaw Nation and is administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.〔(Register of Historic Places Inventory Form, Wheelock Academy, November 7, 1978. ) Accessed August 16, 2015.〕
==History==
In 1832 the Academy was initiated by Alfred Wright, a physician and missionary who co-founded the nearby Wheelock Church. He and his wife, Harriet Wright, had travelled with the Choctaw tribe when they were expelled from their previous homeland in the southeasten United States and forced to emigrate to Indian Territory. He named the school for Eleazar Wheelock, founder of Moor's Indian School, later known as Dartmouth College. Within a year, the Superintendent of the Choctaw Agency reported that Wheelock Academy had become a model for Indian education. In 1839, Wright expanded the school by building a large dormitory.to accommodate boarding students. The institution he founded became the first Choctaw national academy in 1842.〔 Alfred died March 31, 1853. Reverend John Edwards was named to replace him as the head of the school. Harriet left the mission within a year because of ill health. She died in Florida in 1863.〔〔(Lona Eaton Miller, "Wheelock Mission," ''Chronicles of Oklahoma'' ) Accessed August 19, 2015.〕
Wheelock Academy was closed during the Civil War (1861 - 1865). It reopened for a short time after the war, but a fire in 1869 destroyed many of the buildings. Classes resumed in some of the less damaged buildings. The Choctaw Nation rebuilt the facility in 1880 - 1884, with assistance from the Southern Presbyterian Church. Although the Presbyterian Home Missions Board and the Federal Government became involved in administering the school, it remained owned and financially supported by the Choctaw Nation.〔
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