A RESOLUTION honoring Dr. Joel Barrow and the Choctaw Academy as the first Indigenous American to become a college-educated medical doctor in the country and the first federal Native American boarding school that empowered him.

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The Senate adopted a resolution commemorating Dr. Joel Barrow, the first college‑educated Native American physician, and the Choctaw Academy, the first federal Native American boarding school. The measure celebrates their historic contributions to Native education and medicine and expresses the Senate’s respect for their legacy.

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