In 1827 the Cherokee adopted a written constitution declaring themselves to be a sovereign nation. They based this on United States policy; in former treaties, Indian nations had been declared ...

Cherokee Nation officials, as well as state, local and business leaders, recently gathered with current and future filmmakers to commemorate the tribe’s efforts to expand and amplify media ...

Lavita Hill, treasury specialist for the tribe ... Before the Cherokee Indians were forcibly relocated in 1838, they lived for hundreds of years in what are now parts of Alabama, Georgia ...

John Ross, left, and Major Ridge teamed up to protect Cherokee ... most Indians—or white men. But his mother and grandmother raised him in a traditional household, teaching him the tribe ...

Georgia and Alabama. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians was once part of a much larger Cherokee population, but forced relocation split Cherokee people into the Cherokee Nation and United ...

The case stems from a lawsuit the Muscogee (Creek) Nation filed in 2012 against the Poarch Band of Creek Indians ... A federal district court judge in Alabama dismissed the case in 2021, ruling ...

On Wednesday, the Cherokee Nation published a letter on behalf of its Marshal Service, referring to the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians’ Lighthorse as a “rogue” police force and a ...

As a sovereign government, one of Cherokee Nation’s most profound responsibilities is providing safety and enacting justice ...

(KTUL) — The Cherokee Nation says it is investing $1.3 million ... The money for these upgrades are coming from Indian Community Development Block Grant funds. Projects at 14 different rental ...

and within our 14-county reservation, Indian-owned businesses are lifting up the state’s economy. This growth is beneficial for Cherokees and for all Oklahomans. Every day, Cherokee Nation is ...