Cheroki

Albert S Cheroki, age 60, Johnstown, PA View Details

Cities: Johnstown PA, Orchard Park NY Possible Relatives: Brenda J Cheroki, Jeffrey Ronald Cheroki, Timothy D Cheroki

Delores Jean Cheroki, age 86, Monessen, PA View Details

Cities: Monessen PA, Monongahela PA, Ocala FL Possible Relatives: Rudolph J Cheroki, Stephen J Columbus

Cherokee

The Cherokee are one of the indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, they were concentrated in their homelands, in towns along river valleys ofread more... what is now southwestern North Carolina, southeastern Tennessee, edges of western South Carolina, northern Georgia, and northeastern Alabama.read less...

Cherokee language

Cherokee or Tsalagi is an endangered-to-moribund Iroquoian language and the native language of the Cherokee people. Ethnologue states that there were 1,520 Cherokee speakers out of 376,000 Cherokee inread more... 2018, while a tally by the three Cherokee tribes in 2019 recorded ~2,100 speakers. The number of speakers is in decline. About eight fluent speakers die each month, and only a handful of people under the age of 40 are fluent. The dialect of Cherokee in Oklahoma is "definitely endangered", and the one in North Carolina is "severely endangered" according to UNESCO. The Lower dialect, formerly spoken on the South Carolina–Georgia border, has been extinct since about 1900. The dire situation regarding the future of the two remaining dialects prompted the Tri-Council of Cherokee tribes to declare a state of emergency in June 2019, with a call to enhance revitalization efforts.read less...

Cherokee Nation

The Cherokee Nation, also known as the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, is the largest of three Cherokee federally recognized tribes in the United States. It was established in the 20th century and includread more...es people descended from members of the Old Cherokee Nation who relocated, due to increasing pressure, from the Southeast to Indian Territory and Cherokee who were forced to relocate on the Trail of Tears. The tribe also includes descendants of Cherokee Freedmen, Absentee Shawnee, and Natchez Nation. As of 2021, over 400,000 people were enrolled in the Cherokee Nation.read less...

Cherokee | History, Culture, Language, Nation, People, & Facts - Britannica • britannica.com

Learn about the Cherokee, a Native American people of Iroquoian lineage who lived in the Appalachian Mountains. Explore their history, culture, language, nation, and people, from their origins to their forced removal in the Trail of Tears.

Cherokee Nation Home::Cherokee Nation Website • cherokee.org

Sidewalk Project in Tahlequah. The Cherokee Nation and the City of Tahlequah have announced a significant investment to construct a combined 4.4-mile pedestrian-friendly sidewalk along State Highway 62, starting across the street from the Cherokee Nation's Durbin Feeling Language Center, passing the W.W. Keeler Tribal Complex, and past the Casey's Convenience Store to the intersection near ...

2026 Jeep Cherokee: What We Know So Far - Car and Driver • caranddriver.com

Jeep hasn't released any trim or pricing information about the 2026 Cherokee yet, so we're just speculating here. But given that the Compass stickers for under $28,000 and the Grand Cherokee ...

Cherokee Nation History • cherokee.org

But Cherokee leaders continued meeting through the decades of the mid-century and began taking steps to protect and advance the rights and interests of the Nation's citizens. In 1970, these activities led to Congress passing the Principal Chiefs Act, which provided for the popular election of the Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee, Chickasaw ...

About The Nation - Cherokee Nation Website • cherokee.org

The Cherokee Nation also provides for the safety of its citizens, other residents and visitors through its law enforcement agency, the Cherokee Nation Marshal Service. The Marshal Service has jurisdiction throughout the tribe's 14-county reservation and is cross-deputized with more than 90 federal, state, county and city law enforcement ...

Home - Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians • ebci.gov

Cherokee is a sovereign nation, meaning it has its own laws, elections, government, institutions, and the like. Though it certainly has relationships with the United States federal government and the North Carolina state government that are vitally important, students and the general population may be interested to know that the Cherokees are ...

History of Cherokee People - Tribenations • tribenations.com

Cherokee: An Overview. The Cherokee, a Native American people of Iroquoian lineage, were among the largest and most politically integrated tribes during European colonization.Their name, derived from a Muscogee word meaning "people of different speech," is often replaced by their preferred names: Keetoowah or Tsalagi.Around 1650, their population was estimated at 22,500, with control over ...

The Cherokee: Guardians of the Appalachian Mountains and Their Enduring ... • appalachianmemories.org

The Cherokee were coerced into signing numerous agreements with the U.S. government that led to the loss of their homeland in the Appalachian Mountains. The most infamous of these events was the Trail of Tears in the 1830s, during which thousands of Cherokees were forcibly relocated to what is now Oklahoma. This relocation led to the deaths of ...