Melissa Payne has always known she was "Indian" -- her choice of descriptor -- and that her ancestors came to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears. Where her lineage gets more complicated is that her ...

In his Friday Guest Voice, “Don't gloss over history's lessons,” Steven Ochoa himself glossed over the complicated history of the Cherokee removals. Educated people often perpetuate the myth that ...

ENID, Okla. — Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center will open the exhibit “Discover Greatness: An Illustrated History of the Negro Leagues” on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. The interactive exhibit is a ...

(INGLES OPEN ROAD) — We’re visiting a sovereign nation inside the borders of the United States – and a museum that tells its story through the ages. It’s a time of transition here as the leaves of ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation marked the 186th anniversary of the Act of Union, where leaders of both governments, the Western or “Old Settlers” and Eastern Cherokees forcibly removed, ...

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