This document summarizes and quotes from several sources about the history of Cherokee education, particularly the Cherokee Female Seminary. It provides context about the seminary's founding in the 1800s, its closure due to political pressures in the 1860s, its reopening and subsequent burnings in the late 1800s. It discusses themes of Cherokee storytelling traditions, gender roles, and the importance of local knowledge and oral histories in understanding Cherokee culture. The document concludes with a poem written by a 1905 senior from the seminary expressing hope that the school continues its role in Cherokee education and cultural preservation.