Schools and student groups can explore the deep history and living culture of the Cherokee Nation through a series of free ...

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 ...

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 ...

Research is a dynamic process that takes many forms. Sometimes, to ask the right questions and gain nuanced understandings, immersion in a topic is necessary. It’s a lesson that Buck Woodard, ...

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 ...

The Cherokee Historical Association, a Native-led regional nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Margaret Verble’s novels bring Cherokee history alive. Rebecca Jim fights to protect Tar Creek’s waters, and conservationists highlight the Cherokee connection to the endangered red wolf and efforts ...

Recently, this column's survey of Western North Carolina winters proved popular — and now I find I'd like to slip in another freezer. The year: 1596. The winter was so cold that, even out east, bodies ...