The Cherokee Nation is the largest Native American tribe in the U.S., with around 365,000 citizens in its 14-county jurisdiction and beyond. The CN Registration Department receives about 1,000 to ...

I grew up in a little Norwegian fishing community that was absorbed into Seattle proper. Just about every family that wasn’t pure Norwegian liked to boast about having an Indian princess in their ...

The Cherokee National Historical Society, Inc. will host a Cherokee ancestry one-day workshop 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. March 5. Registration will be at 10 a.m. and the consecutive sessions will begin at ...

If you’ve spent any time in the South or Midwest, you’ve probably heard a few people claim to have Native American ancestry (“Do you see these eyebrows? This bone structure?”) And, chances are, if ...

People can learn how to research their Cherokee ancestry Saturday from a genealogist licensed by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians who will speak on the topic in a program at the Cherokee Removal ...

The number of Americans who claim Native American ancestry is growing and the tribe claimed most often is Cherokee. Luminaries such as Cher , Bill Clinton , and Miley Cyrus have all claimed Cherokee ...

Most Native American families can trace their roots back to a time in the United States when their lives were very different. But many are losing the culture and heritage that defined their ancestors ...

Cherokee citizens are calling on Elizabeth Warren to publicly disavow a family story of indigenous heritage as a way to dissuade others from making false claims they say often romanticize Native ...

Herschel Walker at a recent campaign event in Georgia. (Photo: Illustration: Chris McGonigal/HuffPost; Photo: Getty Images) At a little-noticed campaign event late last month, Georgia Republican ...