Should I stay or should I go?

Brittany Belli
JMC 3003 Student

Corey Still is a full blood Native American studying at the University of Oklahoma. Still is a junior at OU and is majoring in Native American Studies. He will be a senior next year, and must decide soon if he will be attending graduate school. Still is torn between staying in state for school or going farther away. He is a McNair Scholar, which opens many doors for him. He has the option of attending Harvard, but doesn’t know if he wants to go that far. Still is close to his family and native community back in his hometown of Cookson, OK. He goes home often in order to help out his tribe in any way he can. Graduate school will be an obstacle for him; he cannot help his tribe if he is preoccupied at school. However, if he receives his doctorate degree, he could open up many doors for the Cherokee Nation. He is faced with a moral decision: does he help out the tribe now, or later? Still understands the importance of education. He is part of the program Believing in Native Girls (BLING). BLING brings Native American girls to the OU campus and introduces them to college. The program also helps support native girls who plan on attending a university. BLING helps Still realize how much of an impact he could make if he went to graduate school. The program reminds him of how much he’s already done for the native community by being at OU already. Whether he returns home or decides to attend graduate school, Still always puts his tribe first. He will never stop working to make things better for his people.



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