Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill John Baker and First Lady Sherry Robertson Baker hold hands with others during a peace dance to conclude his ceremonial inauguration at Sequoyah High School in ...

For generations, the story of the Cherokee people has often been told by outsiders. At the Museum of the Cherokee People, ...

Long before the Cherokee language appeared in newspapers, schoolbooks or street signs, it existed almost entirely in speech.

Eclipses, both lunar and solar, play a fascinating part in Cherokee legend. Kathi Littlejohn, a member of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee, said the solar eclipse coming Aug. 21 likely would have ...

Elias Boudinot, staying with his Cherokee father in 1825, read the newly arrived mail. They came from Cornwall, Conn., where he had gone to the premiere academy for educating Indians in 1820, and ...

Editor's note: This is the second of a two-part article about the relationship between tufted titmice and Carolina chickadees. Part 1 focused on their role in a foraging strategy called “flocking,” ...

In the late 1830s, thousands of Cherokee and other native tribespeople were forced from their ancestral homes in Georgia and the Southeastern United States and resettled in unknown territory west of ...

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Every once in a while a play comes along that teaches you something important that you might not have heard about otherwise. That’s what “Sovereignty” does in its West Coast premiere opening Marin ...

An unforgettable historical journey through the Smoky Mountains and beyond—where courage and conscience collide in the fight for dignity and home. NEW YORK CITY, NY ...