Guest Opinion. Preserving and promoting our Cherokee culture is a multifaceted mission rooted in carrying forward our most ...

A tomato is more than it seems; it represents taste, access and even identity. Rare heirlooms like Cherokee Purple and Green Zebra now symbolize cultural ... Read moreThe post The ...

On Saturday, more than 20 Native-owned food trucks will line Harriet Island Regional Park in St. Paul for Minnesota’s first Native American food truck festival — a full-day celebration of culture, ...

For thousands of years, Native American communities have read the sky, wind, and earth with an attentiveness that’s almost unimaginable today. Amazingly, many of their weather beliefs and traditions ...

A three-day Cherokee Scholars Research Gathering at Duke kicked off the month, followed by a stage performance in Cherokee of The Wizard of Oz at the Coffeehouse on East Campus, and a Powwow on April ...

North Carolina has the largest American Indian population east of the Mississippi and is home to eight state-recognized tribes, including the Coharie, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Haliwa ...

The New Kituwah Academy, a Cherokee language immersion program in North Carolina, has partnered with Western Carolina University to create hand-printed picture books in the Cherokee language to ...

The school, which teaches preschool through the sixth grade, is a Cherokee language immersion program. Classes, lunch and after-school activities are conducted primarily in Cherokee, and the school’s ...

The school, which teaches preschool through the sixth grade, is a Cherokee language immersion program. Classes, lunch, and after-school activities are conducted primarily in Cherokee, and the school’s ...

A few minutes drive away, next to the town’s post office, a statue of a Native American figure wearing a flowing headdress towers over those depicting a buffalo, a horse and a totem pole.

At the entrance to the New Kituwah Academy in Cherokee, North Carolina, a big red sign reads ‘English Stops Here.’ The school, which teaches preschool through the sixth grade, is a Cherokee language ...

Native American symbols are found around the town beyond just the school team — including on the trucks of its volunteer fire department.