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 ...

Guest Opinion. We are in the midst of what could become the greatest century in Cherokee history. As the largest tribal nation in the United States, we are meant to lead the way in building a brighter ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

CHEROKEE, N.C. — November is Native American Heritage Month, and at the Museum of the Cherokee People in western North Carolina, visitors can experience Cherokee history and culture. However, it was ...

Last Thursday afternoon, Kacey Fishinghawk pedaled her Trek Domane road bike into Stilwell, Okla. The 23-year-old Fishinghawk, a member of the Cherokee Nation, was part of Remember the Removal, an ...

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 ...