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The SHS boys and girls basketball teams will sign autographs on June 3 for the recently released publication, "Chasing the Vision," a pictorial tribute to the 2004-05 basketball season.

TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA - Copies of the book are $16 each. The photo documentary book is the second in the series, begun with "The Long Road," which celebrated the teams’ 2003-04 season, by photographer Bryan Pollard, assistant editor of the Cherokee Phoenix. Copies of "The Long Road" will also be on sale.

"Chasing the Vision" documents and celebrates the season that concluded with the Lady Indians (26-2) winning the 3A state championship and the Indians (23-5) winning the runner-up trophy in March in Oklahoma City.

"This was a magical season," Pollard said. "It’s not very often that teams from the same school have the opportunity to win the state tournament. This has been an historic season."

The book includes additional photos by Lyle Deere; an essay by Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chad Smith; and state championship and season highlights by Dan Agent, editor of the Cherokee Phoenix.

The books are published by Sequoyah High School in cooperation with the Cherokee Phoenix.

For more information, call Sequoyah High School, phone: 918-456-0631 or Bryan Pollard, 918-822-2966.

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.