Lindsey Keel

Lindsey Keel, of Sulphur, Okla., graduates in May 2008 from the Chickasaw Nation. Head Start program in Ada, Okla. Lindsey has been a student at the tribal Child Development Center since January 2005.

During her early school years, Lindsey has excelled as a student and learned the foundations of the Chickasaw language. She also participated in the 2007 Language Fair at the University of Oklahoma.

She is the daughter of Jeff and Falisha Keel, of Sulphur. The Keels extend their thanks to the Chickasaw Nation Division of Education for teaching and nurturing Lindsey while she was a student.

Lindsey is the granddaughter of Lt. Gov. Jefferson Keel and his wife, Carol, of Sulphur, and of Larry and Mary Colbert, of Fittstown, Okla.