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TULSA, OKLAHOMA - Twenty Sequoyah High School (SHS) students were recently inducted into the Oklahoma Indian Student Honor Society (OISHS) at a banquet held at the Sheraton Hotel in Tulsa.

Inductees were Bryan Allen, Travis Boswell, Kellie Brown, Zach Goodrich, Diana Onco, Kellen Quinton, Todd Crow, Julie Hensley, Kasper Holmes, Deena Nez, Bonita Carey, Sonny Hawk, Amanda Little, Nathaniel Barnoskie, Kryste Benge, Robert Conrad, Angela Hummingbird, Wes Nofire, Derrick Stanley, and Jayme Steeley.

The Oklahoma Council for Indian Education selects students for membership based on their outstanding academic achievements. Students must have a 3.9 grade point average, exhibit exceptional character, and participate in community service and cultural activities. The Oklahoma Council for Indian Education is an advocacy group whose purpose is to promote and enhance education and culture for American Indian students in the state of Oklahoma and to create awareness within the state of the significance of its American Indian citizens.

“It is quite an honor to be inducted into the OISHS,” stated Kim Livingston, OISHS sponsor at SHS. “These students are very dedicated and have outstanding accomplishments to accent their academic excellence.”

Sequoyah High School "Home of the Indians!" P.O. Box 520, Tahlequah, OK 74465             Sequoyah High School Alumni P.O. Box 187, Park Hill, OK 74451-0187 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.