Dr. James Livingood, distinguished UTC professor, discussed the removal of the Cherokee from this area in excerpts from his "Chattanooga: Illustrated History:" ...

MARSHALL, C. J. This bill is brought by the Cherokee nation, praying an injunction to restrain the state of Georgia from the execution of certain laws of that state, which, as is alleged ...

but guaranteed by the United States. . . . The Cherokee Nation, then, is a distinct community, occupying its own territory, with boundaries accurately described, in which the laws of Georgia can ...

Just before President Jackson’s congressional success, in 1828, the General Council of the Cherokee Nation established a printing press in New Echota, Georgia. The Cherokee Phoenix, published in ...

Native American journalism began 197 years ago when the Cherokee Phoenix newspaper was first printed on Feb. 21, 1828, in the ...

A bill (H.R. 226) that would place 76 acres of land, containing several Cherokee historic sites in eastern Tennessee, in ...

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann praised the passage by the House of his bill H.R. 226, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act. It passed the House by a unanimous voice vote. It marks the ...

This Sunday, February 9th, is Super Museum Sunday! Explore Georgia's history with free entrance to state historic sites, ...

Georgia and Alabama. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians was once part of a much larger Cherokee population, but forced relocation split Cherokee people into the Cherokee Nation and United ...

The land has been held by the government for a few decades, but Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN) has been working on getting it ...