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A Case Study of a Tulsa, Oklahoma School Name Change from Confederate to Indigenous Roots: Supporters' Meaning-Making
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Joan Lea Brown – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative case study focuses on renaming an elementary school in Tulsa, Oklahoma from a Confederate namesake (Robert E. Lee elementary) to a name reflecting Indigenous roots of the Muskogee Creek Nation (Council Oak). The renaming took place during a national movement of removing Confederate symbols and names from public places. The…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Naming, Indigenous Populations, United States History