When the U.S. government keeps its treaty promises to one tribe, it is good for all tribes.
Almost 200 years ago, the Treaty of New Echota between Cherokee Nation and the United States government was signed.
Native Sovereign Nations are prior sovereigns, embodying the inalienable and inherent rights of Native Peoples bestowed by our Creator.
A case before the United States Supreme Court could resume the genocide of tribal nations.
Cherokee language is core to our culture and our identity as a distinct people.
Together, we can become healthier Cherokees and a healthier Cherokee Nation.
The Cherokee people have always been deeply connected to the land.
At The Museum at Warm Springs, we celebrate our unique cultures, traditions, histories, arts and languages every month.
I am proud of the important work we do daily at the Indian Health Service.
The Supreme Court is an anachronistic body of elderly politicians, who can never be expected to do justice by Native Sovereign Nations.
For the Cherokee people and for people everywhere, true freedom is impossible without control over our own food supply.
All those living on the Cherokee Nation Reservation need the ability to participate in the digital economy.
We have American Indians and Alaska Natives in Congress but what we don’t have is a voice to speak to our unique interests.
This election is one of the most important elections that we have faced as Native Americans in the state of Oklahoma.
Our tribal culture and history connect us to the past, to all our ancestors who went before us, and it is what guides us toward our collective future.
Domestic violence doesn’t discriminate; and anyone can experience domestic violence, including children, women, men, elders and LGBTQ2S+ individuals.
To ensure that Cherokee culture remains strong and vibrant far into the future, we need to get behind our artists today.
Cherokee Nation has the power and the responsibility to protect all Cherokees and ensure justice is served on our reservation.
Richard Thasriwasatse Oakes changed our culture, our politics, our economies.
Keeping our people safe and ensuring justice weigh on the shoulders of every Cherokee Nation leader. We must get this right.
Tribal nations must be prepared to combat this judicial onslaught—and any more to come—from the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative anti-Native agenda.
A great nation is strong enough to tell the whole story, including those times when we inflicted trauma on others.
When it comes to Natives who are impacted by domestic and sexual violence, advocates are faced with resource disparities beyond compare.
Most people did not use logic or reason to arrive at their ideas.
John Fadden Kahionhes was a legend in the most profound sense of the word.
For many Cherokees, their greatest source of connection to our tribe is through local Cherokee community organizations.
We understand that saving the Cherokee language is a mission we quite simply cannot fail.
We have a responsibility to step up for our farmers and ranchers in their time of need.
Tim Giago left an indelible mark on journalism that can never be erased.
No Native entity knows the answers and to truly heal we need our children returned to our homes.
All families deserve to live in safety and dignity, without fear of losing their homes.
Domestic violence experienced by Native people is an extension of the harmful effects of colonization.
It has my honor and privilege to be associated with Tim Giago for 17 years.
The U.S. government is in a state of “moral paralysis” on the recurrence of mass shootings.
The Cherokee Nation Film Office has continued to break barriers and bring significant transformations to Indian Country.
One of the intents of the Canadian and U.S. governments in creating the boarding-residential schools was to alienate indigenous people from their ancestral lands.
Nothing will be done for us without us. No one may speak on our behalf without our express approval.
Whatever our disagreements may be today, nothing compares to what divided the Cherokee people 183 years ago.
Participating in governing is a time honored and sacred tradition in our Indigenous communities.
When a person’s heritage originates from several different tribes and ethnicities, I often wonder how one decides to identify themselves.
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