As America marks 250 years, the Cherokee story deserves to be remembered. One of North America's largest Native American nations, the Cherokee won a landmark Supreme Court ruling recognising their ...

The Tahlequah Public Library hosted a livestreamed program Tuesday, June 23, connecting local residents with rare materials from the Library of Congress during “Oklahoma Rare Treasures From the Librar ...

Though their contributions have often been overlooked, Native Americans have long had a profound impact on both their communities and the United States as a whole. For centuries, leaders including ...

Guest Opinion Modern Cherokee history celebrates several key moments, including adoption of Sequoyah’s syllabary in 1821, ...

Sequoyah’s syllabary faced suspicion initially, but after a demonstration, his version of “talking leaves” was widely embraced. And then the word spread ...

Students use iPad to study the Cherokee language. They write out words and phrases in Notes and record themselves speaking them aloud to practice good pronunciation. In the hallways of the Cherokee ...

VONORE, Tenn. (WATE) — Let’s take you back in time to the early 1800s and tell you the story of the Cherokee man who could not read or write. Yet he developed a writing system for the Cherokee ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation said nearly 200 Cherokee Syllabary keyboards were donated to Cherokee speakers and those learning the Cherokee language. The keyboards allow people to easily ...

TAHLEQUAH – Cherokee Nation citizen Brad Wagnon, a children’s book author, is set to release his fourth Cherokee syllabary book, “Baby’s First Cherokee Numbers,” in February 2026. The book, ...

THE CHEROKEES: IN WAR AND AT PEACE, 1670-1840" by David Narrett (Belknap/Harvard University Press, 608 pages, $35). "Tennessee" is derived from the Cherokee noun Ta-Nas-Ce, "river with a big bend," ...