The Tri-Council consists of the three federally recognized Cherokee tribes: the Cherokee Nation, the United Keetoowah Band in ...

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians petitioned to change the name back to its original Cherokee name. That request has now been granted and Cherokee leaders and visitors are responding.

Tribal Council Member Richard French, representing the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, encouraged the three tribes to continue to work with each other. Chief Joe Bunch, whose United Keetoowah ...

On Jan. 1, an agreement to renew the state's motor vehicle compact with the Cherokee Nation took effect after months of negotiations.

After doubling funding this year to improve its early childhood centers, the Cherokee Nation has completed the ... planned for six other centers in eastern Oklahoma. The facility will provide ...

enrolling 20 children of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The boarding school was closed in 1887, and Trinity moved to Durham a few years later. Trinity became Duke University in 1924 with the ...

Guest Opinion. For nearly 140 years, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has been petitioning the United States government for full and unconditional recognition as a Federally recognized Indian tribe.