In a landmark decision, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) cancelled the “Redskins” trademark on Wednesday, June 18. The 2-1 decision came down from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) and called the Washington, DC – based NFL team’s name “disparaging of Native Americans”. A total of six trademarks, each bearing the word ‘Redskin’, were cancelled.

Students at the Cherokee Cultural Summer Camp perform the Groundhog Dance at the “Night of the Arts” program on Friday, June 20.

  RALEIGH - EBCI Beloved Man Jerry Wolfe delivered the opening prayer in the Cherokee language at the North Carolina Senate session in Raleigh on Thursday, June 19. Wolfe, 89, was named a Beloved Man by the Tribal Council in April 2013, an honor which has not...

After bicycling more than 950 miles, 19 Cherokees rolled into Tahlequah on Thursday, June 19 to complete the 2014 Remember the Removal Bike Ride. Thirteen Cherokee Nation students and six EBCI tribal members traveled across seven states to retrace the northern route of the Trail of Tears and remember their Cherokee ancestors who were forced to make the trek on foot 175 years ago.

  TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — After traveling nearly 1,000 miles retracing their ancestors’ footsteps along the northern route of the Trail of Tears, the 2014 Remember the Removal bike riders will end their journey Thursday, June 19 arriving in Tahlequah to family and...

The Cherokee Nation honored three World War II and two Korean War era veterans with the Cherokee Medal of Patriotism at its June Tribal Council meeting.

In response to requests from the Native Hawaiian community, Hawaii’s congressional delegation and state leaders, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Wednesday, June 18 a first step to consider reestablishing a government-to-government relationship between the United States and the Native Hawaiian community.