KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Members of the United States Congress passed a bill earlier this week that calls for the return of 76.1 acres of land to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. District 3 Republican ...

The inaugural State of the Cherokee Nation luncheon was held Thursday, May 21, at Cherokee Casino Will Rogers Downs. During ...

The Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma is using opioid settlement funds to build a culturally competent healthcare system.

Should Washington have a say in who is considered a full-fledged member of a Native American tribe? That question has now moved to the forefront of a heated racial battle within the Cherokee nation, ...

This summer bike riders from two Cherokee tribes are retracing the Trail of Tears. Along the way they'll learn about the forced removal of their ancestors. Cyclists from two Cherokee tribes are ...

Oklahoma might not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of a thriving film industry. But there’s something big cooking in the state, and the Cherokee Nation is at the helm. Over the ...

Lottie Queen Stamper teaching a basketry class at the Cherokee Training School, 1950; pictured, from left to right: Lois Rattler (Calonehuskie), Frances Bradley, Annie Queen, Lottie Queen Stamper, and ...

John Ross, left, and Major Ridge teamed up to protect Cherokee holdings in what is now Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Library of ...

The elegance of the system made it easy for speakers to learn, and Cherokee literacy rates were reportedly high soon after ...

In September of 1838, Nancy Still filed a claim to recoup $820 she said was stolen from her after federal troops expelled her and other Cherokee Indians from their homes in what is now North Georgia.

MARTHA’S VINEYARD, Mass. — A pen stroke held during a historic signing ceremony officially transferred the operations of the Claremore Indian Hospital to the Cherokee Nation. Cherokee Nation Principal ...

Language expert Tom Belt translates some of the earliest evidence of Cherokee writing. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians archaeologist Beau Carroll and Cherokee Nation citizen and historian Julie Reed ...