CHEROKEE, N.C. (WTVD) -- November is Native American Heritage Month and it's a time when cultural events ramp up at Cherokee Middle School in Cherokee. "We're doing it now once a week for this month.

Cherokee Nation leaders are proposing a $4 million transitional housing program for recently incarcerated citizens to ...

A new federal policy is suspending government contracts awarded to more than 1,000 small businesses facing systemic barriers. Amid misinformation about tribal participation in the program, Cherokee ...

Guest Opinion. The true strength of the Cherokee Nation does not reside solely within the seat of our tribal government in Tahlequah. It lives in the heart of our communities across northeast Oklahoma ...

Guest Opinion. On June 15, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to uphold the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), marking a tremendous victory for Native children and their families.

Native American watchdog group the Tribal Alliance Against Frauds (TAAF) recently demanded an apology from Hollywood producer Heather Rae over lying about her background. Fifty-six-year-old Rae, who ...

The Cherokee Nation is giving away seeds to its citizens to help them grow native Cherokee plants. Feather Smith, an Ethnobiologist with the Cherokee Nation, said these seeds are an important part of ...

Shana Bushyhead Condill is a citizen of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and has always considered Western North Carolina and the Smokies home. Because her father traveled to work in “Indian ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Claremore Indian Hospital, a federal facility for nearly a century, came under ownership of the Cherokee Nation Wednesday. Brassy ...

Jeep is expected to unveil the latest edition of one its most popular SUV lines with an updated look soon, but it seems it may not incorporate the major change some Native American leaders have been ...

All participants will workshop an existing script with creative executives from Bad Robot and Skydance, agents from Buchwald and Kaplan Stahler, and showrunners from CBS and ABC. By Sharareh Drury ...

Even before the pandemic hit, the Cherokee Nation was dealing with a crisis: the potential disappearance of its native language. Only about 2,000 people can speak the Cherokee language fluently. And ...