Before European contact, the Cherokee had a practice of adopting and enslaving prisoners of war from other tribes.

This is a selection from a conversation during the Appalachian Studies Conference at BPR’s Listening Lounge at Western Carolina University. A new exhibit at the Museum of the Cherokee People opens ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Cherokee Nation has signed an agreement with the federal government to take over operation of the Claremore Indian Hospital. The Claremore facility is the last Indian Health ...

The Cherokee Nation and the United Keetoowah Band (UKB) remain locked in a longstanding dispute over jurisdiction, land-in-trust rights, and the recent Department of Interior opinion allowing the UKB ...

Guest Opinion. The debate happening at the federal level over the future of health insurance policy demands the attention of ...

Research is a dynamic process that takes many forms. Sometimes, to ask the right questions and gain nuanced understandings, immersion in a topic is necessary. It’s a lesson that Buck Woodard, ...

The Cherokee Nation says it will assume control of Claremore Indian Hospital Oct. 1, with plans to build a new facility by 2027. The federal Indian Health Service presently runs the hospital, the only ...