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 years ago. But for about two centuries, the Eastern ...

The Noquisiyi Mound, a sacred and historically significant site in western North Carolina, will soon be returned to the ...

The site will be part of a cultural corridor the tribal nation is establishing, including an interpretive center next to the ...

Long before the Great Smoky Mountains National Park's highest peak was named "Clingmans Dome," the Cherokee people called the mountain "Kuwahi" for hundreds of years. Now, tribal members are hoping to ...

In 2022, staff at the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians tribal historic preservation office identified over 200 sacred or funerary objects in the Museum of the Cherokee People that should not be ...

This is a selection from a conversation during the Appalachian Studies Conference at BPR’s Listening Lounge at Western Carolina University. A new exhibit at the Museum of the Cherokee People opens ...

Cherokee Nation leaders propose a $30 million partnership with the University of Oklahoma to create a Tahlequah nursing ...

Behind the scenes as “Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People” is filmed on location, featuring Danielle Culp, production specialist for Cherokee Film Productions. (Photo/Courtesy) The newest season of ...

Howard Paden works daily to preserve Cherokee language and lifeways. Jeff Edwards brings the Cherokee Syllabary into his award-winning art, and Mary Jean Robertson uplifts Native voices through 50 ...

Nearly two centuries ago, the US government promised the Cherokee people a seat in Congress in exchange for giving up their homelands. So far, it hasn’t delivered. But that promise came one step ...