When Cherokee chief John Ross was preparing to head to Washington with hopes of delaying removal by force, his opponents imprisoned him in a cabin with the decaying corpse of a hanged Cherokee ...

The Cherokees vs. Andrew Jackson John Ross and Major Ridge tried diplomatic and legal strategies to maintain autonomy, but the new president had other plans ...

The Cherokees vs. Andrew Jackson John Ross and Major Ridge tried diplomatic and legal strategies to maintain autonomy, but the new president had other plans ...

Descendants of the Ross family gathered on Aug. 31 at the Park Hill Presbyterian Church for a reunion during the Cherokee National Holiday.

When the forced roundup of Cherokees began in May 1838, most were taken to Ross's Landing or the Cherokee Agency on the Hiwassee River at Charleston, Tennessee. The plans were to deport Cherokees ...

Ratified in 1835, the Treaty of New Echota led to the forced removal of Cherokee people from their ancestral lands to Indian Territory in the West—a migration known as the Trail of Tears.

At the crossroads of the Trail of Tears, Little Rock reckons with its history Native Americans’ forced march in the 1800s ran through the Arkansas capital. The city is now grappling with how to ...

By 1838-39, Chief Ross had no choice but to execute the removal process in a difficult journey later recognized by the Cherokee as the Trail of Tears.

The Principal Chief of Cherokee Nation told his people to stay strong during this pandemic, and to remember how much they've endured over a long history that includes the Trail of Tears. This ...

Markwayne Mullin, who is hard-right and white-passing, may not seem like an Indigenous lawmaker, but he’s no anomaly.