Susan’s Reviews > Listening to Our Grandmothers' Stories: The Bloomfield Academy for Chickasaw Females, 1852-1949 > Status Update

“Ironically, although Chickasaw were learning to speak English, becoming Christianized, educating their children, and farming – – to such an extent that they were, in fact, named one of the five of civilized tribes, federal government officials and white settlers, wanted them out of the way, wanted them removed, and found a way to force Indian nations to comply.”