Sons & Daughters of Attucks Attendees

02/27/2022

A look back at last year’s proud celebration of a proud Cherokee town in today’s Vinita Daily Journal.

“… My hometown of Vinita is one that boasts massive investments in tourism, healthcare, infrastructure, housing and education by Cherokee Nation, the country’s most dynamic and progressive Indian nation. It is a town in which Cherokees and non-Cherokees work together to build a strong community…” Vinita 150 Fest

02/12/2022

Tribes reached a $590 million settlement against pharmaceutical companies in ongoing legal fights to hold them accountable for the opioid addiction and overdose crisis. The money will be divided among all federally recognized tribes. The settlement is with Johnson & Johnson and three drug distributo...

02/12/2022

: Zack Foreman Jr. (standing, fourth from right), a Cherokee Freedmen, who played professional baseball with the Negro National League’s Kansas City Monarchs until his untimely death in 1921.

Zachariah (Zack) Foreman, Jr., was born in July 1893, near Redland in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. Unlike his parents, Zack Jr. and his siblings grew up predominantly wealthy. He was also educated, having attended Langston University, a Black college established in 1897 in Oklahoma, before hitting the professional baseball scene. He died at the age of 27.

Young Zack must have followed in his father's footsteps, as his father Zachariah (Zack) Foreman, Sr., also made a name for himself. Zack Sr. was born into slavery in the 1840s but after the Civil War he quickly became a successful businessman, rancher and founder of the town of Foreman in southern Sequoyah District in Cherokee Nation, being called “the wealthiest man, white or black, in the Cherokee Nation,” according to the Indianapolis Freeman in 1891.


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01/26/2022

01/15/2022

Photo by Denton Thomason
Charlie Kirkendoll, a 1956 graduate of Attucks School, addresses the crowd gathered Wednesday for the dedication of the building as the new Boys & Girls Club.

Attucks School given new life
by Denton Thomason
An old Vinita schoolhouse built during the era of segregation that had been shuttered for more than a decade has been given new life that will soon have hallways filled with children.
A gathering of Cherokee and Vinita officials was held in front of the historic Attucks School building Wednesday for a dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Boys & Girls Club in Vinita.
The Cherokee Nation invested $3.5 million to restore the building to its original splendor, including resurfacing the original hardcourt wooden floors in the gym, installing new playground equipment with artificial turf, refurbishing classrooms, renovating bathrooms for each classroom, installing a kitchen and more.
There was also painstaking detail put into the restoration effort to make it as original as possible, down to the color schemes.
Attucks School first opened in 1916 during the era of segregation and was for decades the heart of the black community living in Vinita.
More than just a school, it was also a gathering place for family and community events.
Wednesday’s ribbon-cutting and dedication was a special moment for 83-year-old Charlie Kirkendoll, who graduated from Attucks School in 1956, the same year that schools began integrating in Vinita.
See the rest of this story in the Weekender edition in print and online at reidnewspapers.com/vinitadailyjournal

01/15/2022

Good afternoon everyone, The Cherokee Nation would like to have any original photos that are before 1956. The purpose for this to have the photos put in the hallway of the new Boys and Girls Club and rotate those picture, how often I don’t know. So to keep the history going please search for some of those old photos, black and white pictures from newspaper clipping’s will not work but black and white original’s will.

Thank you all in advance. 
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