Norman Leard was the secretary to the principal chief of this nation, a federally recognized Native American tribe with a tribal area comprising how many districts?
Norman Leard Joseph Norman Leard (March 23, 1875 – July 1961) was an American football coach and secretary to Green McCurtain, principal chief of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. He was one-thirty-second Choctaw origin and attended in the Indian schools in Oklahoma. He was the head football coach for the Kendall Orange and Black football team from 1895 to 1897. In addition to being the coach, he was also the captain and quarterback of Kendall's first football team.
Sequoyah High School (Tahlequah, Oklahoma) Sequoyah High School (also known as Sequoyah-Tahlequah) is a Native American boarding school serving students in grades 9–12, who are members of a federally recognized Native American tribe. The school is located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and is a Bureau of Indian Education grant school operated by the Cherokee Nation. Sequoyah Schools also has an elementary school grades pre-school through 8. Students in pre-school through grade 6 are taught through Cherokee language immersion and begin to transition to instruction in English in grade 5.