A Cherokee museum marks America 250 with memory, sovereignty and a harder kind of patriotism.

Ahead of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July Fourth, we speak to award-winning Cherokee author and journalist Rebecca Nagle about what’s missing from the ...

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Jordan Oocumma grew up hearing stories of the mound. His grandparents imbued his childhood with tales about the strip of land at the center of a Cherokee town built by their ancestors more than 1,000 ...

THROUGH MODERN ART AND HISTORICAL ARTIFACT, A NEW EXHIBIT AT THE MUSEUM OF THE CHEROKEE PEOPLE SHOWS THE COMMUNITY THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR PERIOD THROUGH THE EYES OF THE NATIVE TRIBE. OUR ...