Editing Tahlequah, Oklahoma (section)

==Education==
===Primary and secondary education===
Most of the city is zoned to [[Tahlequah Public Schools]], while portions are zoned to [[Briggs Public School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st40_ok/schooldistrict_maps/c40021_cherokee/DC20SD_C40021.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Cherokee County, OK|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2022-07-20}}</ref>

Education within the Tahlequah city limits consists of one early learning center serving students in Pre-K:  Sequoyah; three elementary schools serving students in Kindergarten through 5th grade:  Greenwood, Cherokee, and Heritage; one middle school with grades 6 through 8:  Tahlequah Middle School; and one high school with grades 9-12: [[Tahlequah High School]].  Tahlequah High School serves as the main high school within the county as well and is fed by other rural Pre-K through 8th grade schools within Cherokee County.

The following schools have Tahlequah postal addresses but are in the [[Park Hill, Oklahoma|Park Hill]] [[census-designated place]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st40_ok/place/p4057300_park_hill/DC20BLK_P4057300.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Park Hill CDP, OK|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|page=1 (PDF p. 2/3)|access-date=2022-07-20}} - Compare to the physical locations indicated by the postal address.</ref>
* [[Cherokee Immersion School]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sdeweb01.sde.ok.gov/OCAS_Reporting/DistrictSummary.aspx?FullCode=11T001|title=Cherokee Immersion Charter Sch 11T001|publisher=[[Oklahoma Department of Education]]|quote=16951 W Cherokee St, Tahlequah, OK, 74465}} - Compare the address to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]] maps. The school is ''not'' (as of 2020) in the Tahlequah city limits. [https://web.archive.org/web/19961031170034/http://www.ci.houston.tx.us/annexation/annexation_FAQ.html The city of Houston stated in 1996 that the US Postal Service does not match city names of postal addresses to actual municipal boundaries].</ref>
* [[Sequoyah Schools]]<ref name=Sequoyahpostaladdy>{{cite web|url=https://www.sequoyahschools.org/|title=Home|publisher=Sequoyah High School|access-date=2020-10-12|quote=17091 S. Muskogee Ave.Tahlequah, OK  74465}} - Compare the address to the CDP maps. The school is ''not'' (as of 2020) in the Tahlequah city limits. [https://web.archive.org/web/19961031170034/http://www.ci.houston.tx.us/annexation/annexation_FAQ.html The city of Houston stated in 1996 that the US Postal Service does not match city names of postal addresses to actual municipal boundaries].</ref>

===Colleges===
[[File:Seminary Hall.jpg|thumb|right|Tahlequah is home to [[Northeastern State University]].]]
[[Northeastern State University]] is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of Oklahoma as well as one of the oldest institutions of higher learning west of the [[Mississippi River]].<ref>{{cite web| publisher=NSU| access-date=2008-02-20| url=http://www.nsuok.edu/GettingStarted/OurCampuses.aspx| title=General Information| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828040356/http://www.nsuok.edu/GettingStarted/OurCampuses.aspx| archive-date=2009-08-28}}</ref> Tahlequah is home to the capital of the [[Cherokee]] Nation of [[Oklahoma]] and about 25 percent of the students at NSU identify themselves as American Indian.<ref Name="EOHC-NSU">Agnew, Brad. ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. "Northeastern State University."{{cite web |url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/N/NO014.html |title=Northeastern State University |access-date=2016-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119150758/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/N/NO014.html |archive-date=2012-11-19 }}</ref> The university has many courses focused on Native American linguistics, and offers [[Cherokee language]] Education as a major.<ref>{{cite web |author=+ auElement.html() + |url=http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/10/02/nsu-cherokee-nation-partner-train-and-hire-language-instructors-157146 |title=NSU, Cherokee Nation Partner to Train and Hire Language Instructors - ICTMN.com |publisher=Indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com |access-date=2015-07-17 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082149/http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/10/02/nsu-cherokee-nation-partner-train-and-hire-language-instructors-157146 }}</ref> Cherokee can be studied as a [[second language]], and some classes are taught in Cherokee for [[first language]] speakers as well.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/language/chr|title=Cherokee|work=Ethnologue}}</ref>