· KY legislature · 2026RS

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.

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

Sponsor

Matt Nunn (R-KY)

Introduced

2026-03-03

Policy area

Native Americans

Latest action

adopted by voice vote