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The Indian Women's Pocahontas Club Announces Cherokee Student Scholarship

Attention: High School Graduates & College Undergraduates!!!! Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club Higher Education Scholarship applications for the upcoming 2025-2026 academic school year are available.

The Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club sponsor eighteen (18) Cherokee students, male or female, with a $1000.00 per academic year scholarship or endowment. The scholarship applications will be considered for full-time undergraduate students enrolled in an accredited institution of higher education (college, a university or career tech). Applications must be received by June 30, 2025.

For more information regarding eligibility requirements contact Monta Ewing at eat1@eau1eav1eaw1 or visit our website at www.indianwpc.org.

Who is the Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club

Established June 29, 1899, The Pocahontas Club began in Oowala, in the Cooweescoowee District of the Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory. Its inception came with strong ideals of a small group of intelligent and cultured girls from the Female Seminary. They started out as a social club and soon blossomed as caretakers of their culture, heritage and communities. Today, the organization calls Claremore home and is the oldest chartered club in Oklahoma.

The Pocahontas Club arose to defend against cultural oblivion. One of their missions was, and remains to be, to keep the Cherokee culture and history alive.

The club proudly counts Oklahoma’s favorite son, Will Rogers, among its past members. In the early years, some men were allowed in the club. Rogers was a member before he became a celebrity. Club membership today is exclusively for Cherokee women who can trace their ancestry back to the Dawes Roll. Not merely a social club, the organization strives to make strong impacts in their communities, teaching and preserving Cherokee history.

In addition to active relationships within the community, the club provides annual scholarships, endowments, and support to Cherokee citizens.