The debate over the future of the Cherokee mascot at Sequoia High School in Redwood City brings to mind the story about the man who had been tarred and feathered and carried out of town on a rail. "If ...

Manitou Cave in Fort Payne, Ala., is safe for now. The Cherokee writing on its walls that dates to the Trail of Tears is secure and has been written about in academic journals. The tiny bats and ...

Award-winning Cherokee artist Kindra Swafford is inspired by nature, animals and her Cherokee heritage. "The symbols used in the weave patterns and everything, it gives me an outlet and a connection, ...

The Cherokee Nation has reclaimed part of its history all thanks to man with a famous ancestor. John Ross has rediscovered the Cherokee symbols for numbers originally developed by Sequoyah in the ...

There are 56 million Americans with disabilities alive today, representing approximately one in four people. Disability culture and activism has existed from ancient times to present, but we rarely ...

Sequoia High School's controversial 76-year-old Cherokee mascot is now one for the history books. After a nearly yearlong, highly charged debate, Sequoia Union High School District board members have ...

At first glance, it looked like a set of black numbers and letters written in English, perhaps with some symbols included. "People had probably been looking at and passing by this for years, but they ...

Mattel released a new Barbie honoring a late Cherokee chief in its "Inspiring Women" series. But the doll's box has a spelling error that says "chicken" instead of ...