Cherokee Nation and its businesses are pledging $120,000 to Dwight Mission for the restoration and preservation of its old schoolhouse that was built nearly 100 years ago.

The Cherokee Nation has a new species of moth named in its honor.

The White House has named Cherokee Nation citizen Daryl Legg a “Champion of Change” for going from a three time convicted felon to someone who’s helped positively change the lives of dozens.

The Cherokee Ant Dance was performed at the annual Kituwah Celebration at the Kituwah Mound on Friday, June 27.

See photos from the annual Kituwah Celebration held at the Kituwah Mound on Friday, June 27.

See photos from the Prevention is Caring HIV Testing Day held at the Oconaluftee Island Park on Friday, June 27.

For the past 8 years, members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the Cherokee Nation and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians have come together for the Cherokee language in a Speaker’s Consortium. This annual event was held June 25-27 in Cherokee.