Cherokee

The Fight to Be Called Cherokee

White Americans were not the only ones who kept black slaves in the pre-Civil War era. Until an 1886 treaty that freed their slaves, black slavery was also a part of the Cherokee nation. Generations later, black  descendants  of those freed slaves, who went on to become part of the Cherokee tribe, are fighting for their right […]

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Evergreen Triumphs Over Ever Greed

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Evergreen Triumphs Over Ever Greed

The Eagle Soars

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The Eagle Soars

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Remembering Wilma Mankiller, first female chief of the Cherokee Nation

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Wilma Mankiller, the first woman to be elected chief of the Cherokee Nation, died Tuesday from Pancreatic cancer at age 64. She was chief from 1985-1995. The tribe flourished under her leadership.