KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Dakota Brown said you cannot tell the history of the Great Smoky Mountains without acknowledging the history of native and indigenous people. "Because traditionally the land that's ...

The proposal approved by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Tribal Council to restore the name of Clingmans Dome to the mountain’s original name of Kuwohi (the Cherokee word for “mulberry”) is one of the ...

Through Sunday, the National Museum of the American Indian in D.C. is celebrating the contributions of Cherokee tribes across the U.S. with Cherokee Days, which celebrates and highlights Cherokee ...

CHEROKEE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is opposing the Lumbee Tribe’s push for federal ...

LIVING HISTORY: Executive Director Shana Bushyhead Condill says leading the Museum of the Cherokee Indian feels like coming home. Photo by Kristy M. Herron Growing up, Shana Bushyhead Condill ...

PAGE TURNER: Shortly after its June 1903 publication, The Asheville Citizen ran several excerpts from William W. Stringfield's booklet on the history of North Carolina's Cherokee Indians. “Too little ...

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 ...

There’s a long and deep history of museums across the United States and elsewhere unethically collecting and showing art and artifacts from other cultures. It might surprise some to learn that until ...

A hearing in D.C. has highlighted a rift between N.C. senators and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians over the federal ...

As enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and the officers of Digali’i, Western Carolina University’s Native American student organization, we take great pride in the culture and ...

On this Veterans Day, there were events across western North Carolina. That included a ceremony by the Eastern Band of ...

After a hiatus due to the Covid crisis, in-person events are now scheduled for the museums in New York and Washington D.C. Dennis Zotigh “Attending Cherokee days was a great opportunity for me to ...