His grandparents imbued his childhood with tales about the strip of land at the center of a Cherokee town built by their ancestors more than 1,000 years ago. But for about two centuries, the Eastern ...

After more than a century and a half outside of Cherokee ownership, the Noquisiyi Mound, a sacred and historically ...

The site will be part of a cultural corridor the tribal nation is establishing, including an interpretive center next to the ...

Long before the Great Smoky Mountains National Park's highest peak was named "Clingmans Dome," the Cherokee people called the mountain "Kuwahi" for hundreds of years. Now, tribal members are hoping to ...

This is a selection from a conversation during the Appalachian Studies Conference at BPR’s Listening Lounge at Western Carolina University. A new exhibit at the Museum of the Cherokee People opens ...

Cherokee Nation leaders propose a $30 million partnership with the University of Oklahoma to create a Tahlequah nursing ...

From life before European contact to the Trail of Tears to the modern-day tribal government, the Cherokee National History Museum tells the long, rich story of the Cherokee people. But one of the ...

Howard Paden works daily to preserve Cherokee language and lifeways. Jeff Edwards brings the Cherokee Syllabary into his award-winning art, and Mary Jean Robertson uplifts Native voices through 50 ...

Behind the scenes as “Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People” is filmed on location, featuring Danielle Culp, production specialist for Cherokee Film Productions. (Photo/Courtesy) The newest season of ...

Nearly two centuries ago, the US government promised the Cherokee people a seat in Congress in exchange for giving up their homelands. So far, it hasn’t delivered. But that promise came one step ...