Guest Opinion. Education has always been sacred to the Cherokee people. Investing in education was one of the first and highest priorities for Cherokee Nation after the Trail of Tears. Despite the ...

GORE, Okla. – Former Miss Cherokee and renowned textile craftswoman Jules Daugherty will bring her famed feathered capes, handcrafted regalia, pucker toe moccasins and an assortment of art to this ...

Backstage, dressed in turbans and full Cherokee regalia, the boys were feeling jittery about how they’d do competing for the National Order of the Arrow Championship in Native American dance. But ...

Brailyn Jake wears an eagle feather at her graduation from Cedar City High School Wednesday from Cedar City High School on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, in Cedar City, Utah. Create an account or log in to ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY (AP Education Writer) When Kamryn Yanchick graduated, she hoped to decorate her cap with a beaded pattern in honor of her Native ...

PHOENIX — Yolanda Hart Stevens straddles an upright mesquite log with an indentation cut into one end. Into the hollowed-out divot, she places hunks of clay dug up from a secret clay pit. Using the ...

A settlement will allow a descendant of the Cherokee Nation to wear some religious Native regalia while serving time in Alaska. According to an American Civil Liberties Union news release, inmate ...

Nyché Andrew, who is Yup’ik and Iñupiaq, gives the land acknowledgement, which asks the audience to think about those who first lived, and still live, on the land, at her graduation from Service High ...

TAHLEQUAH - Over 100,000 Cherokee Nation members from across the state and country are in Tahlequah this weekend for the 63rd Cherokee National Holiday. Tribal officials said the crowd in front of the ...

Yolanda Hart Stevens straddles an upright mesquite log with an indentation cut into one end. Into the hollowed-out divot, she places hunks of clay dug up from a secret clay pit. Using the end of an ...

When Kamryn Yanchick graduated, she hoped to decorate her cap with a beaded pattern in honor of her Native American heritage. Whether she could was up to her Oklahoma high school. Administrators told ...

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