KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Dakota Brown said you cannot tell the history of the Great Smoky Mountains without acknowledging the history of native and indigenous people. "Because traditionally the land that's ...

CHEROKEE, N.C. (WTVD) -- The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in the western part of North Carolina have been working hard to preserve their rich culture especially the Cherokee language and COVID-19 ...

Learn more about the history of Black slavery in Cherokee Nation in an exhibit at the Cherokee Nation Anna Mitchell Cultural & Welcome Center.

The proposal approved by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Tribal Council to restore the name of Clingmans Dome to the mountain’s original name of Kuwohi (the Cherokee word for “mulberry”) is one of the ...

Lawmakers, churches, Oklahoma American Indian tribes and nonprofit organizations are pulling together to make sure the ...

When Ward was grown, she took her mom to Cherokee, North Carolina, which is federally recognized as capital of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, to learn more about their heritage. “No one in ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., presents Cherokee Days, a free three-day festival featuring storytelling, films, dance, music, family activities and ...

PAGE TURNER: Shortly after its June 1903 publication, The Asheville Citizen ran several excerpts from William W. Stringfield's booklet on the history of North Carolina's Cherokee Indians. “Too little ...

As enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and the officers of Digali’i, Western Carolina University’s Native American student organization, we take great pride in the culture and ...

The Cherokee language is the heart of who we are as a people. This shared mission was at the center of our recent Seventh ...