I was born in the Southern USA, raised on sweet tea and front porch conversations, and I still live part-time in the South by ...

No bond between high school sports and community is as intimate as this. At Cherokee, the tradition is so rich, the roots so deep, and the ties so strong, because it's not a town that's represented on ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation said nearly 200 Cherokee Syllabary keyboards were donated to Cherokee speakers and those learning the Cherokee language. The keyboards allow people to easily ...

The Cherokee are still the largest indigenous people of North America today. In contrast to the "talking leaves" of the English and the secessionist colonists with whom they concluded treaties, the ...

THE CHEROKEES: IN WAR AND AT PEACE, 1670-1840" by David Narrett (Belknap/Harvard University Press, 608 pages, $35). "Tennessee" is derived from the Cherokee noun Ta-Nas-Ce, "river with a big bend," ...

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This story was originally published in the Daily Yonder. For more rural reporting and small-town stories visit dailyyonder.com. At the entrance to the New Kituwah Academy in Cherokee, North Carolina, ...

Jan 26, 2024 Jan 26, 2024 Updated Jan 27, 2024 0 The Cherokee Nation is going viral with some of its most recent efforts to keep the Cherokee language alive and revitalize its language education ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- Nelson Orr, a Cherokee man who was fatally stabbed near the Fayetteville Square in 1839, will be honored with a historical marker. "This marker represents an acknowledgement of the ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — The highest point in the Smoky Mountains has been renamed to honor its significance for the Cherokee people. You may know the mountain as Clingmans Dome. But, after ...

TAHLEQUAH – Turbans were introduced to the Cherokee culture by Sequoyah when, during a visit with the King of England, the powers that be decided their Native buckskin clothing wasn’t appropriate for ...

The Cherokee Nation and U.S. Navy on June 8 christened the USNS Cherokee Nation (T-ATS 7), the Navy’s newest towing and rescue ship named in honor of all Cherokee citizens who served in the Navy and ...