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TAHLEQUAH, OK - Ten students from Sequoyah High School have flown to Albuquerque, New Mexico to attend the National Indian Education Association (NIEA), 33rd Annual Convention, November 2-6, 2002, to compete in a national speech and academic team contest. This is an annual event for the Sequoyah High School students.

"We were really proud last year as Eric Marshall and Sarah Trammel placed in the speech competition in Montana," said Tony Pivec Sequoyah superintendent. "As good as these two are, we think they'll give a repeat performance."

Sequoyah High School students are competing against students from all over the country.

The Sequoyah High School choir will also perform several times during the convention.

"Every time our choir performs, I hear complements," Pivec said. "I hope Jim Carey (choir director) and these students know how important they are to SHS."

Sequoyah High School "Home of the Indians!"       Sequoyah High School, an Indian boarding school, originated in 1871, when the Cherokee National Council passed an act setting up an orphan asylum to take care of many orphans that came out of the Civil War. Sequoyah High School's approximate 300 enrollment represents 42 tribes and 14 different states. Students are eligible to attend if they are members of federally recognized Indian tribes or one-fourth blood descendants of such members.