Francis J. Scott, Superintendent of the Seminole Agency, Dedicating the First School on the Brighton Reservation, 1938

Francis J. Scott, Superintendent of the Seminole Agency, Dedicating the First School on the Brighton Reservation, 1938

While many Indians resisted BIA based educational programs, the opening of this school on the Brighton Reservation represents a shift in the Florida Indians’ attitude toward relations with the federal government. This was the first school actually requested by the Seminole Indians, showing the increasing value placed on American education.

William D. Boehmer

Catalog Number 2009.34.147, Boehmer Collection, Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Seminole Indian Museum

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Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Seminole Indian Museum

1938

Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Seminole Indian Museum

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