The Cherokee Nation today occupies all or part of 14 counties of what is now the northeastern portion of the state of Oklahoma. Not considered a reservation, the land falls under what has been called "a checkerboard jurisdiction," with...

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The British and Cherokee nations, each finding the other strange and curious, sought peace when they sent delegates to each other in 1762. A new exhibit details both sides, through the eyes of the other."Emissaries of Peace: The 1762 Cherokee and British Delegations," opened Wednesday...

Black leaders in Congress asked the federal government Tuesday to weigh in on the legality of a vote by the Cherokee Nation earlier this month to revoke citizenship from descendants of former tribal slaves.Saying they were "shocked and outraged," more than two dozen members of...

The Cherokee Nation would lose some of its federal funding under House legislation passed Thursday if it doesn't reinstate descendants of its former slaves as tribal citizens.The bill delays the funding cuts until the issue has been addressed in federal court, potentially giving the Oklahoma-based...

Diane Ross-Neal grew up learning about her Cherokee heritage. So when the tribe began to promote cultural organizations for the thousands of members living in California, she was eager to share her story.Not everyone wanted to hear it.Organizers tried to pry the microphone from her...

Essay is about the Cherokee Indians and their removal from their original habitat.

"The Cherokee were forced into giving up most of their land in the eighteenth century. Through fraudulent treaties and unjust deals the Cherokee lost close to all of their land during this time."

The essay goes into how the Cherokee conformed to a new way of life, and also goes into how some Cherokee resisted the taking of their land, and how it was unjustly taken in the first place.

A role-play exercise in which a Georgia landowner argues for the expulsion of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia through forced removal.