Negotiated in 1835 by a small group of Cherokee citizens without legal standing, challenged by the majority of the Cherokee nation and their elected government, the Treaty of New Echota was used by ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., presents Cherokee Days, a free three-day festival featuring storytelling, films, dance, music, family activities and ...

There are many places across the U.S. where Native nations themselves keep their stories alive. Some are on tribal lands & others are in cities. But all of them are built to protect important Native ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, in partnership with the National Archives and Records Administration, is displaying the Treaty with the Western Cherokee, 1828, in “Nation to ...

In 2022, staff at the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians tribal historic preservation office identified over 200 sacred or funerary objects in the Museum of the Cherokee People that should not be ...

Press release from the Museum of the Cherokee People: Museum of the Cherokee People has been awarded a major spring grant from the Cherokee Preservation Foundation. The $385,000 grant will support the ...