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Jones Academy is a Native American boarding school and dormitory for students in grades 1–12 in unincorporated Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, [1] along Oklahoma State Highway 270, near Hartsthorne. [2] It is operated by the Choctaw Nation and is affiliated with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE).
Hartshorne Public Schools is a school district headquartered in Hartshorne, Oklahoma. It includes an elementary school and a middle-high school. It serves Hartsthorne, Adamson, and a portion of Haileyville. [1] Boarders in grades 7–12 at Jones Academy, a Native American boarding school, are educated by Hartsthorne school district. [2]
It was started as a missionary school for Choctaw girls, [a] and is still owned by the Choctaw nation. The school closed in 1955 and the only remaining Choctaw school, Jones Academy, became coeducational. [4] The site is located 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Millerton in McCurtain County, Oklahoma. It is administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. [5]
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The Oklahoma Catholic Church is conducting oral history interviews as part of the faith group's Native Schools Project launched in 2021.
The Hartshorne Public Schools system operates an elementary school, a junior high, and a high school. The city also has four head-start centers. The city also has four head-start centers. 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Hartshorne is Jones Academy , a public boarding school for Native Americans with proof of their tribal heritage.
St. Mary's Boarding School, Quapaw Agency Indian Territory/Oklahoma open 1893–1927 [73] St. Patrick's Mission and Boarding School, Anadarko, Indian Territory open 1892 [74] –1909 by the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions. It was rebuilt and called the Anadarko Boarding School. [5] San Juan Boarding School, New Mexico [18]