William Potter Ross was a Cherokee scholar, journalist, merchant, representative and leader who had the distinction of becoming Cherokee Nation Principal Chief twice before Oklahoma statehood, though never by a […]

The late Crosslin Smith was a spiritual leader and healer in Cherokee Nation. As the grandson of Cherokee traditionalist Redbird Smith, Crosslin kept “the old ways” burning into the 21st […]

Thanks to countless unknown Cherokee women and men through the ages, Cherokee traditional basketry has endured despite centuries of tragedy, loss and turmoil. Basket weaving is still prolific among Cherokee […]

The Cherokee people know Ned Christie as a patriot who stood up for tribal sovereignty in the last decades before the allotment of Cherokee lands. Since the late 1800s, others […]

Explore the Reunification After Removal In early 1839, Cherokee people began arriving in a new land west of the Mississippi River, but they were not alone. After the long, cold […]