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The Cherokee Nation is moving closer to building a new casino behind the 'Welcome to Bartlesville' sign. The United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) informed the ...
The Cherokees are Coming!, an illustration depicting a scout warning the residents of Knoxville, Tennessee, of the approach of a large Cherokee force in September 1793 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 ...
The 2023 Cherokee General and Run-Off elections took place on June 3 and July 8, respectively, and on Monday, Aug. 14, Hoskin will be sworn in as ... Cherokee Nation Tribal Council bids 4 ...
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.
Cherokee freedmen controversy. The Cherokee Freedmen controversy was a political and tribal dispute between the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and descendants of the Cherokee Freedmen regarding the issue of tribal membership. The controversy had resulted in several legal proceedings between the two parties from the late 20th century to August 2017.
Aug. 4—The Cherokee Nation Supreme Court dismissed a recount of the July 24 runoff results for the District 2 Tribal Council seat Monday, Aug. 2, saying the candidate did not give proper notice ...
The Cherokee Nation has accepted this decision, effectively ending the dispute. In 2021, Shawna Baker, a justice on the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court, published the written opinion, Effect of Cherokee Nation v. Nash & Vann v. Zinke, CNSC-2017-07. The Supreme Court then ruled to remove the words "by blood" from its constitution and other legal ...
The Cherokee people of the southeastern United States, and later Oklahoma and surrounding areas, have a long military history. Since European contact, Cherokee military activity has been documented in European records. Cherokee tribes and bands had a number of conflicts during the 18th century with Europeans, primarily British colonists from ...