Schools and student groups can explore the deep history and living culture of the Cherokee Nation through a series of free ...

This is about the second in the series of "Roots of America" lecture series, sponsored by the Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary Club and the Oak Ridge Center for Continued Learning. This one featured a ...

In his Friday Guest Voice, “Don't gloss over history's lessons,” Steven Ochoa himself glossed over the complicated history of the Cherokee removals. Educated people often perpetuate the myth that ...

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 ...

(INGLES OPEN ROAD) — We’re visiting a sovereign nation inside the borders of the United States – and a museum that tells its story through the ages. It’s a time of transition here as the leaves of ...

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 ...

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 ...

News release from the Museum of the Cherokee People: The Museum of the Cherokee People (MotCP), the tribal museum of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, has been awarded major grants that will ...

The majestic Murrell Home in Park Hill, near Tahlequah, was built by love — the till-death-do-us-part kind. It would take equally overwhelming forces to break the family apart. George M. Murrell's ...

Award-winning Cherokee artist Kindra Swafford is inspired by nature, animals and her Cherokee heritage. "The symbols used in the weave patterns and everything, it gives me an outlet and a connection, ...

A Republican lawmaker’s proposal to rename Sawnee Mountain as “Trump Mountain” is drawing criticism from residents and local ...