Ratified in 1835, the Treaty of New Echota led to the forced removal of Cherokee people from their ancestral lands to Indian Territory in the West—a migration known as the Trail of Tears.

The House Rules Committee held a historic hearing Wednesday on seating the Cherokee Nation’s delegate – a right that the tribe asserts it was granted in the 1835 Treaty of New Echota.

CALHOUN, Ga. — New Echota historical site, located about an hour and a half northwest of Atlanta, is the reconstruction of the Cherokee capital that led up to the Trail of Tears.

The Cherokee Capital of New Echota New Echota, the Cherokee Capital where the treaty was signed, is considered the start of ...

The Cherokee Nation, nearly a half-million strong, is holding the U.S. government to a 188-year-old promise for congressional representation for the tribe. In 1835, then-President Andrew Jackson ...

The tribe recently renewed its campaign for Congress to seat its delegate in the House of Representatives – a right stipulated by the 1835 Treaty of New Echota.

A mentor rider from Tulsa and a TCC student were among 12 citizens of the Cherokee Nation who embarked on this year's ...

Kacey Fishinghawk pedaled her Trek Domane road bike into Stilwell, Okla. The 23-year-old Fishinghawk, a member of the Cherokee Nation, was part of Remember the Removal, an annual bike ride that traces ...

There is no question that the Treaty of New Echota was a dark chapter in both Cherokee and American history. It was an agreement that carried both pain and promise for our people.

The Cherokee Nation Film Office has announced Echota Killsnight as its first television apprentice. In fulfilling the new position, Killsnight learned firsthand from award-winning director John ...

Chief John Ross and other leaders of the Cherokee nation wrote a letter to Congress to protest the 1835 Treaty of New Echota. This treaty, ...

Ad Policy. Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., left, announcing that he is nominating Kimberly Teehee, right, as a Cherokee Nation delegate to the US House of Representatives, in ...