Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cherokee of Georgia was recognized in 1988 and has about 400 members. They have held nonprofit status since 1989 for their mission ...

Jeep's new boss says the company is open to dropping the name "Cherokee" from its vehicles in response to objections from the Cherokee Nation. The company is engaged in talks with officials from the ...

The tribal council voted to table the proposal until its next meeting, to allow time for study and discussion.

Should Washington have a say in who is considered a full-fledged member of a Native American tribe? That question has now moved to the forefront of a heated racial battle within the Cherokee nation, ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Chuck Hoskin Jr., Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, about his fight with Oklahoma's governor and tribal rights in America today.

The Cherokee Indian tribe is banishing 2,800 African-Americans from its membership rolls despite pressure from the U.S. government. The blacks are descendants of slaves owned by wealthy Cherokee ...

In the early nineteenth century, white settlers in the eastern United States increasingly encroached upon the lands of Native Americans. Although the U.S. government had signed treaties demarcating ...

Stacker used 2020 estimates from the Census to compile a list of the 50 largest Native American tribes in the country today. - Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via Getty Images Stacker used 2020 ...