Racing to Save a Native American Language

ICTMN Staff
November 09, 2011
There are a number of challenges to saving an endangered language from documenting to teaching, but those aren’t stopping language specialists from the Cherokee Nation , the Univer...

Cherokee Nation Hosts Native American Heritage Month Activities

ICTMN Staff
November 03, 2011
On November 9, the Cherokee Nation will host professor Tim Garrison of Portland State University, who will present a lecture titled, "The Cherokees in the Pac-12?...

Racial Issues and Native Politics Topic of Lecture

ICTMN Staff
November 02, 2011
S...

Cherokee Nation Inauguration Ceremony November 6

ICTMN Staff
November 01, 2011
On November 6, the Cherokee Nation will swear in Bill John Baker as the 26 th Principal Chief during an inaugural ceremony at the Sequoyah Schools Place Where They Play, Tahlequah,...
Steve Russell

Why the Cherokee Election Matters

After multiple recounts and one court-ordered do-over, Bill John Baker has defeated incumbent Chad Smith to become the new Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation....

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October 25, 2011

It’s Official: Baker Sworn in as Cherokee Nation Principal Chief

Brian Daffron
October 20, 2011
The campaign for Cherokee Nation Principal Chief between incumbent Chad “Corntassel” Smith and 12-year councilman Bill John Baker has seen many twists, turns, recounts, and appeals...

Cherokee Nation Presents 3rd Annual History After Dark

ICTMN Staff
October 19, 2011
Cherokee Nation Cultural Tourism will be presenting their 3rd annual History After Dark , an interactive guided historical tour of the John Ross Museum, Owen School and Park Hill, ...

Cherokee Nurse Practicioner Runs 100 Miles to Fight Her Diabetes

ICTMN Staff
October 19, 2011
As a nurse practitioner at Tahlequah’s W.W. Hastings Hospital, Cherokee Nation citizen Lori Enlow knows the toll chronic illness can take on a person...
Cedric Sunray

Disenrollment Clubs

A few weeks ago, I read the following paragraph in an NPR article about the Cherokee Freedmen:

"This is not a club; you can't just claim to be Cherokee and show up and be included," says Cara Cowan Watts, a vocal member of the Cherokees' tribal council....

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October 14, 2011
Kimberly Horton

A Letter to the Editor Regarding the Cherokee Freedmen

The Cherokee Nation based out of Tahlequah, Oklahoma has decided to strip “Freedmen” of their Cherokee rights and to expel them from their nation. Freedmen are African American descendants of slaves....

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October 11, 2011

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