This is about the second in the series of "Roots of America" lecture series, sponsored by the Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary Club and the Oak Ridge Center for Continued Learning. This one featured a ...

In a year when we’ve elected the first female vice president and commemorated 100 years since the ratification of the 19th Amendment, women’s history takes on even greater resonance than usual. It’s ...

From life before European contact to the Trail of Tears to the modern-day tribal government, the Cherokee National History Museum tells the long, rich story of the Cherokee people. But one of the ...

Local tourism professionals are working alongside scholars, citizens and history buffs in a movement that is uncovering new stories and raising awareness of Southeast Tennessee’s Cherokee history, a ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A slow, lethal combination of external pressures including warfare, rather than a lack of natural ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Freedmen exhibit reception. Cherokee Nation Deputy Principal Chief Bryan Warner addresses the crowd at a special reception hosted during the 70th annual Cherokee National Holiday commemorating a new ...

The National Museum of the American Indian celebrates Cherokee history during the sixth annual Cherokee Days festival April 12–14, featuring the three federally recognized Cherokee tribes—Cherokee ...

ASHEVILLE — This month Wild South, an Asheville-based conservation nonprofit, in partnership with Google Earth Outreach, development firm TopFloorStudio, and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, has ...

Melissa Payne has always known she was "Indian" -- her choice of descriptor -- and that her ancestors came to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears. Where her lineage gets more complicated is that her ...

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — It’s a story that brings to life thousands of years: The story of the Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe in Henrico County. Members of the Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe drum to keep ...