Melissa Payne has always known she was "Indian" -- her choice of descriptor -- and that her ancestors came to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears. Where her lineage gets more complicated is that her ...

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In 2022, staff at the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians tribal historic preservation office identified over 200 sacred or funerary objects in the Museum of the Cherokee People that should not be ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation marked the 186th anniversary of the Act of Union, where leaders of both governments, the Western or “Old Settlers” and Eastern Cherokees forcibly removed, ...

In the summer of 2017, I was scrolling through Facebook when I saw a post from Muscogee legal scholar Sarah Deer. It was about a court case I had not yet heard of. A man on Oklahoma’s death row was ...

Visit New Echota, the historic capital of the Cherokee Nation, and learn about its powerful role in Native American history and culture. A must-see site for history lovers. #NewEchota #CherokeeNation ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. – Almost 200 years after ...

Through the end of May, the Cherokee Nation is offering free tours to students to help them learn more about the history and culture of the tribe. With 13 cultural attractions spanning over a ...

When I saw this article in Sunday's Times Free Press, "John Ross House could be on move", I knew I had to say something. Ross was chief of the Cherokee nation in the mid 1800s and founder of Ross's ...