TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation will be providing education on various aspects of Cherokee history and culture during their spring “Lunch and Learn” lecture series at the NSU Jazz Lab. “This is ...

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 ...

Schools and student groups can explore the deep history and living culture of the Cherokee Nation through a series of free education tours available this spring. The tours will be offered from ...

The Cherokee Nation will re-examine cultural and historical materials to determine if they appropriately address the role enslaved blacks played in building the nation. Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr ...

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 ...

I have a doctorate in American studies. My coursework and research for that degree involved learning about many different American people and phenomena — from the pilgrims to “Amos ‘n’ Andy” to the ...

Throughout this year, there will be stories, events, and exhibits giving a nod to America’s two-hundred-and-fifty-year ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. VINITA, Okla. — A historical program is set for Saturday focusing on the Cherokee Freedmen. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., a panel ...

Muskogee, Okla.–The Cherokee Nation will host a history presentation for Freedmen descendants seeking to reclaim their roots inside the Martin Luther King Center in Muskogee, Oklahoma, Friday, June 20 ...

In the summer of 2017, I was scrolling through Facebook when I saw a post from Muscogee legal scholar Sarah Deer. It was about a court case I had not yet heard of. A man on Oklahoma’s death row was ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. – Almost 200 years after ...