A RESOLUTION honoring Dr. Joel Barrow and the Choctaw Academy as the first Indigenous American to become a college-educated medical doctor in the country and the first federal Native American boarding school that empowered him.

This resolution formally honors Dr. Joel Barrow, recognized as the first Indigenous American to earn a college-level medical degree in the United States, and the Choctaw Academy, identified as the first federal Native American boarding school, which provided him that opportunity. It is a symbolic gesture by the Kentucky Senate acknowledging this historical milestone and the role a Kentucky-based institution played in it. No laws are changed and no government actions are required by this resolution.

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