Murphy became the chairman of the Board of Visitors with the intent of establishing a facility that would educate both whites and Indians.
He enrolled in what was then Bacone Junior College, founded to educate Indians.
It was also intended to help educate Indians in European medicine.
He said that the Government has not done enough to educate Indians about the need for give and take in settling the border dispute.
But the official added that the Government supported the idea of a national debate on the issue because it wanted to "educate Indians about the dangers of promiscuity."
Pratt believed a model similar to Hampton Institute would be useful for educating Indians, and worked to gain support for that purpose.
St. Joseph's Indian Normal School's purpose was to educate American Indians.
By contrast, he said, the government of his day "took no interest whatsoever" in educating Africans, people of mixed race or Indians.
Armstrong founded Hampton University to educate the freed slaves and Native Indians.
Founded to educate Indians, the college now hails Mr. Yellowtail as having been its first Indian graduate in 25 years.