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 ...

(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 ...

CLEVELAND, Tenn — Red Clay State Park, located in Bradley County, served as the Eastern capital of the Cherokee Nation just before the Trail of Tears. “It has been argued in the past that Red Clay is ...

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 ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Members of this year’s Remember the Removal Bike Ride finished their 950-mile journey on Friday. The ride, ...

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 ...