May 26, 1838, was the start of what we know today as the Trail of Tears, the forced deportation of 16,000 members of the ...

The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners ... with the late Principal Chief John Ross and his family buried there. “This is just for clarification of an already existing association that ...

A tense town hall for Republican Congressman Rich McCormick helped spur GOP leadership to call on members to tamp down in-person town halls.

The direct descendant of Principal Chief John Ross said words cannot describe how grateful she is to be given the opportunity to learn more about her Cherokee heritage. “I have always wanted to ...

The Bushyhead family is indicated as having four slaves on the 1835 Cherokee Nation census. Jesse Bushyhead was appointed by Chief John Ross as one of 13 detachment conductors during the forced ...

The direct descendant of Principal Chief John Ross said words cannot describe how grateful she is to be given the opportunity to learn more about her Cherokee heritage. “I have always wanted to know ...

The Bushyhead family is indicated as having four slaves on the 1835 Cherokee Nation census. Jesse Bushyhead was appointed by Chief John Ross as one of 13 detachment conductors during the forced ...

Henry Benton Henegar was a wagon master and secretary under Cherokee Chief John Ross and accompanied the Cherokee on the westward removal. He returned to the area and built the home, now on the ...

Andrew Jackson refused to enforce a Supreme Court order involving a clash between Georgia and the Cherokee Nation ... he scoffed at the impotence of the chief justice and the high court: “John ...