"the People's Paths!" Cherokee News Path - Sequoyah Students Win Art Awards, Scholarship

***"Mallory Sequichie, Sequoyah Schools’ senior and Heard Museum scholarship winner."***

TAHLEQUAH, Oklahoma – Sequoyah Schools’ senior Mallory Sequichie recently won a scholarship for her outstanding art work. Sequichie has been named a Native American Student Art Scholar by the Heard Museum Guild in Phoenix, Arizona.

“To my knowledge this is the first Heard Scholarship winner that we have had here at Sequoyah,” said Brandi Adair, Sequoyah Schools’ art teacher. “Mallory really worked hard for this. I gave her, and several other artistic students, the paperwork and she was the only one that took the initiative and got it done. Mallory had to submit an application and three pieces of art work to compete for the scholarship.”

Sequichie, 18, of Tahlequah, is the daughter of Laura Henson and Dennis Sequichie and is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. She plans to use her scholarship to continue her education at Northeastern State University where she will major in pre-med. Sequichie will graduate from high school with more than 20 hours of college credit through concurrent enrollment at NSU, OSU and Loras College during her junior and senior years at Sequoyah.

Several other Sequoyah Schools’ students won awards in the art show. Christie Tiger, of Muskogee, won a blue ribbon for her drawing titled, “Mysteries Within.” Lisan Tiger-Blair, of Muskogee, won a blue ribbon for his sculpture titled, “Triumph” and a red ribbon for his sculpture titled, “Ali-S-da-yn-nv-di/food.” Wyntre Grayson, of Tahlequah, won both the blue and red ribbons in the basket division. All three of these students are citizens of the Cherokee Nation.

Sequoyah Schools students compete annually in the Heard Museum Guild Art Show and the Five Civilized Tribes Museum Art Show.

Sequoyah Schools, a boarding school for Native American students, originated in 1871 as an orphan asylum to care for children who were orphaned by the Civil War. Now known as Sequoyah Schools, it is named for Sequoyah, the scholar who developed the Cherokee syllabary. The school is regionally and state accredited for grades 7-12 and has become the school of choice for more than 400 Native American students every year. Sequoyah Schools is located five miles southwest of Tahlequah, Oklahoma. For more information call 918-453-5400 or visit the Sequoyah Schools’ web site.