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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Award-winning Cherokee artist Kindra Swafford is inspired by nature, animals and her Cherokee heritage. "The symbols used in the weave patterns and everything, it gives me an outlet and a connection, ...