Before European contact, the Cherokee had a practice of adopting and enslaving prisoners of war from other tribes.

The Cherokee Heritage Center is presenting “Under the Cherokee Moon in Indian Territory” for a four-week limited engagement at 7 p.m. each Saturday in September. The Cherokee Heritage Center is at ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, in partnership with the National Archives and Records Administration, is displaying the Treaty with the Western Cherokee, 1828, in “Nation to ...

Crawford Goldsby was big, strong and a "bloodthirsty mad dog who killed for the love of killing." Before he was hanged at the age of 20, he was asked if he had any final words. "I came here to die; ...

Early in the 19th century, while the rapidly-growing United States expanded into the lower South, white settlers faced what they considered an obstacle. This area was home to the Cherokee, Creek, ...

Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Oklahoma has jurisdiction to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian Country. It is the first time in U.S. history that ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Two Native tribes in Oklahoma are responding to a federal opinion that affects the jurisdiction of their territory which is a large part of northeastern Oklahoma. The Cherokee ...