This area was home to the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chicasaw and Seminole nations. These Indian nations, in the view of the settlers and many other white Americans, were standing in the way of ...

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians petitioned to change the name back to its original Cherokee name. That request has now been granted and Cherokee leaders and visitors are responding.

Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its original form through TimesMachine ... Marshals pursuing the Wickliffe gang of Cherokee Indian murderers and desperadoes, last night ...

click image for close-up In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an ...