Cherokee - Wikipedia Today, three Cherokee tribes are federally recognized: the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians (UKB) in Oklahoma, the Cherokee Nation (CN) in Oklahoma, and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) in North Carolina
Cherokee Nation::Cherokee Nation Website The Cherokee Nation is committed to protecting our inherent sovereignty, preserving and promoting Cherokee culture, language and values, and improving the quality of life for the next seven generations of Cherokee Nation citizens
Cherokee History | Museum of the Cherokee People - MotCP Cherokee peoples’ connection to our ancestral homeland is an integral part of our collective Cherokee identity We are not simply from our land; we are of our land Our landscape and natural materials inform our art, our ceremonies, our government, the foods we eat, and so much more
Cherokee Nation: Cherokee Nation V2 The Cherokee Nation is the federally-recognized government of the Cherokee people and has inherent sovereign status recognized by treaty and law
Cherokee history - Wikipedia The Cherokee are members of the Iroquoian language -family of North American indigenous peoples, and are believed to have migrated in ancient times from the Great Lakes area, where most of such language families were located The migration is recounted in their oral history
Cherokee Nation History European Contact, Settlement, and Land Cessions The first contact between Cherokees and Europeans was in 1540, when Hernando de Soto and several hundred of his conquistadors traveled through Cherokee territory during their expedition in what is now the southeastern United States