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Candice Carey, SHS National Honor Society president, pins new member Bonita Carey at the National Honor Society induction ceremony.

TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA - The Sequoyah High School (SHS) chapter of the National Honor Society recently held an induction ceremony and banquet for 24 students that met the qualifications for membership.

Inductees are Rene Berryhill, Bonita Carey, Rachel Chouteau, Tadd Crow, A.J. Drywater, Jeff Elizondo, Rachel Fixin, Ashley Green, Vanessa John, Lavena Jones, Stephen Kinnamon, Haley Larsen, Amanda Little, Jonathan Lowe, Misty Mankiller, Bronson McNeil, Ashley Thirsty, Lana Turner, Sarah Blueback, James Cramer, Jayme Steeley, Nikki Flynn, Brandon Johnson, and Martin Wind.

"(Sequoyah High School) faculty selects the members based on scholarship, service, leadership, and character", said Kim Livingston, National Honor Society adviser at SHS. "Once the National Honor Society members are selected, they are expected to continue their exemplary contributions to their school and community."

Sequoyah High School "Home of the Indians!" Sequoyah High School is an Indian boarding school which originated in 1871 when the Cherokee National Council passed an act setting up an orphan asylum to take care of the 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.