The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Removal, Survival, and Rebuilding

What happened to the Cherokee people during the forced removal of 1838–39, and how the Cherokee Nation endured, governed, and rebuilt in Indian Territory.

Chief John Ross: Cherokee Sovereignty and the Long Fight Against Removal

How a Cherokee merchant became one of his nation’s longest-serving leaders, and how the Cherokee Nation used law, diplomacy, and persistence to defend its sovereignty before and after removal.

Sequoyah and the Cherokee Syllabary: Writing a Nation’s Language

Sequoyah did not invent the Cherokee language. He developed a writing system for it, one that Cherokee people rapidly adopted and made their own. Cherokee people have spoken their language for countless generations, carrying history, law, ceremony, and story from one generation to the next. Today the Cherokee Nation describes its language work as preserving…