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Area Cherokee Nation cyclists included Aaron “AP” Anderson, 17, of Bentonville, Ark.; Baylee Gregg, 21, of Grove; and Lexi ...
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 ...
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.
A mentor rider from Tulsa and a TCC student were among 12 citizens of the Cherokee Nation who embarked on this year's ...
J.T. Bowen’s painting of John Rollin Ridge's father John Ridge, a leader in the Cherokee Nation, assassinated before his ...
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 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.
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 ...
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 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.
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 ...
The 23-year-old Fishinghawk, a member of the Cherokee Nation, was part of Remember the Removal, ... The ride began in New Echota, Ga., and went through Tennessee, Kentucky, ...