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 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 ...

TAHLEQUAH – Black History Month in February is celebrated by the Cherokee Nation as this year marks the 159th year of Cherokee Freedmen citizenship in the CN. Historical records show slaves ...

The Annual Message of John Ross, Chief of the Cherokee Nation, is published in The Cherokee Advocate of the 14th ult. It has one great merit--brevity. We extract a few paragraphs: View Full Articl ...

These 12 Native American heroes achieved epic greatness as warriors, writers, artists, and scientists. Here are little-known ...

Georgia Congressman Andrew Clyde was among several Republicans who voted in favor of the reconciliation bill after new language was added Wednesday.

by General William Carroll and John F. Schermerhorn, commissioners on the part of the United States, and the chiefs, headmen, and people of the Cherokee tribes of Indians." A spurious Delegation ...

As Cherokee people continued to rebuild their lives and their government after the Trail of Tears, Principal Chief John Ross brought forward a proposal to again fund a tribal newspaper. On Oct. 25, ...

PARK HILL – Descendants of the Ross family gathered on Aug. 31 at the Park ... Daniel died in 1830 and Mary in 1808. John was principal chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1828 to 1866 and died at the ...

JOHN ROSS A PRISONER. A THIRD REGIMENT OF INDIAN HOME GUARDS CONTRABAND SOLDIERS. POLITICAL. Share full article Aug. 4, 1862 Credit... The New York Times Archives See the article in its original ...

Signage at North Shore Riverwalk Park depicts the steamer Victoria bearing Cherokee Nation Primary Chief John Ross and his family from Florida. Ross’s wife, Quatie, died on the day the ship ...

She was born in 1908 in Park Hill, Oklahoma to a family with a proud Cherokee Heritage. Her great, great grandfather John Ross was chief of the Cherokee Nation during the turbulent and traumatic ...