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Bacone College, formerly Bacone Indian University, is a private college in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Founded in 1880 as the Indian University by missionary Almon C. Bacone, it was originally affiliated with the mission arm of what is now American Baptist Churches USA. Renamed as Bacone College in the early 20th century, it is the oldest continuously ...
Bacone College in Muskogee is listed on the Oklahoma National Register of Historic Places for its significance to education, art and architecture in the state. Bacone opened in 1880 as a Baptist ...
A statue of a Chickasaw warrior sits on display at Bacone College, on Jan. 8 2024, in Muskogee, Okla. Founded in 1880 as a Baptist missionary college focused on assimilation, Bacone College ...
Opened in 1880, Bacone has survived a multitude of financial, enrollment and accreditation crises in recent years, when it seemed the four-year school with a history of serving students from ...
Bacone College was founded in 1880 as the Indian University in Muskogee, Oklahoma (Capital of the Creek Nation) by Almon C. Bacone, and is the oldest continuously operated institution of higher education in Oklahoma. The college has strong historic ties to various tribal nations, including the Cherokee Nation and the Muscogee Creek Nation, as ...
Muskogee (/ m ə ˈ s k oʊ ɡ iː / [3]) is the 13th-largest city in Oklahoma and is the county seat of Muskogee County. [4] Home to Bacone College, it lies approximately 48 miles (77 km) southeast of Tulsa. The population of the city was 36,878 as of the 2020 census, a 6.0% decrease from 39,223 in 2010. [5]
Ataloa Lodge Museum (2010) at Bacone College, Muskogee, Oklahoma. Mary "Ataloa" Stone McLendon (1896–1967) was a Native American musician, storyteller, humanitarian, and educator, who was a member of the Chickasaw Nation. [1] McLendon was an important figure in Native American arts education.
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