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KY SR132
Resolution
AI Summary
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Kentucky Senate honors Dr. Joel Barrow, a Potawatomi tribe member (originally named Arcmuggue), as the first college-educated Native American medical doctor in the United States, earning his degree from Transylvania University in 1844
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Recognizes the Choctaw Academy in Scott County, Kentucky, established in 1825 by Vice President R.M. Johnson, as the first secular federal Native American boarding school, built at the request of Native tribes
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The Choctaw Academy educated 600 Native Americans from 17 different tribes and has been called by historians "the most important place in Antebellum America"
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Dr. Barrow received a grant from the U.S. War Department to pursue his medical education and later returned west to serve the Potawatomi tribe with his medical skills
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Directs the Clerk of the Senate to transmit a copy of the resolution to Senator Matt Nunn for delivery
Legislative Description
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.
Commendations and Recognitions
Last Action
to Senate Floor
3/4/2026