The land has been held by the government for a few decades, but Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN) has been working on getting it back in the hands of the Cherokee tribe.

A ruling by a U.S. Department of the Interior officials has given the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians jurisdiction over tribal lands.

A fire broke out on Monday, Feb. 3 at Riverside Motel in Cherokee N.C., the Cherokee Fire and Rescue said in a Facebook ...

The U.S. House of Representatives considers H.R.226, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act, on February 4, 2025.

Guest Opinion. We all know that when disaster strikes, lives are upended. It is a basic duty of government to respond quickly ...

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann praised the passage by the House of his bill H.R. 226, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act. It passed the House by a unanimous voice vote. It marks the ...

LONG VIEW: A group of Cherokee people returned to these ancestral lands in October as part of an ongoing effort to illustrate to the U.S. Forest Service the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians ...

A memorandum issued Jan. 17 by the Department of Interior Solicitor's Office reaffirmed the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee ...

With sunlight shining into the gallery space at Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual, Inc. (Qualla), brilliantly illuminating some of the Cherokee baskets, Amanda McCoy and Taya Houser discuss the future of ...

Two Native tribes in Oklahoma are responding to a federal opinion that affects the jurisdiction of their territory which is a large part of northeastern Oklahoma.