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The Cherokee–American wars, also known as the Chickamauga Wars, were a series of raids, campaigns, ambushes, minor skirmishes, and several full-scale frontier battles in the Old Southwest [1] from 1776 to 1794 between the Cherokee and American settlers on the frontier. Most of the events took place in the Upper South region.
The Cherokee Nation controls Cherokee Nation Businesses, a holding company which owns companies in gaming, construction, aerospace and defense, manufacturing, technology, real estate, and healthcare industries. The Nation also operates its own housing authority and issues Tribal vehicle and boat tags.
Three factions of the Cherokee Nation signed the Treaty of Washington, in an attempt to end open hostilities within the Nation. c. 1862: Hidden divisions broke out when Ross led a third of the Cherokee Nation in breaking with the rest of the Nation over their support of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Citizens of the Cherokee Nation — the largest Native American tribe in the U.S. — are set to decide whether Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. should lead the tribe for another four years as it ...
The tribe plans to invest $80 million over three years to build a network for areas where cell service and broadband are lacking or nonexistent.
A leader of the Cherokee Nation is warning Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to avoid a government shutdown, saying it would have a “devastating” impact on Indian Country and the Cherokee Nation in ...
The 2021 Cherokee Nation tribal council elections took place on July 5, 2021, and July 24, 2021. [1] [2] The Cherokee Nation 's Tribal Council is made up of seventeen tribal councilors elected from the fifteen districts within the reservation boundaries and two at-large seats.
The Cherokee Nation is fighting to secure a delegate in the House that would honor a treaty agreement signed by President Andrew Jackson in 1835. The treaty promised federal representation for the ...