The principal chief of the Cherokee Nation wants Jeep to stop using the tribe's name on its SUVs, saying it "does not honor us by having our name plastered on the side of a car." Stream Connecticut ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — The chief of the Cherokee Nation says it's time for auto maker Jeep to stop using the tribe's name on its Cherokee and Grand Cherokee models. Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. said in a ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — An executive order establishing October 8 as Cherokee Nation Flag Day was signed into law on Wednesday by Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr and Deputy Chief Bryan Warner. The holiday ...

Jeep's new boss says the company is open to dropping the name "Cherokee" from its vehicles in response to objections from the Cherokee Nation. The company is engaged in talks with officials from the ...

When the Cherokee Nation’s first bingo hall opened in the fall of 1990, then-Principal Chief Wilma Mankiller promised “major” ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Daniel Mead has been named Acting Marshal of the Cherokee Nation by Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr, effective January 1, 2025. Mead's appointment will fill the ...

The highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is no longer named after a Confederate general. Following lobbying from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the U.S. Board of Geographic ...

The Cherokee Nation has named an official representative to Congress for the first time. Kimberly Teehee, executive director of government relations for the Cherokee Nation, was approved by the ...

Long before the Great Smokies’ highest peak was named in 1859 for Thomas Clingman, a U.S. senator who would later become a Confederate brigadier general, the Cherokee people knew it by a different ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla — It is time for Jeep to stop using the Cherokee Nation's name on its Cherokee and Grand Cherokee SUVs, the chief of the Oklahoma-based tribe said. Chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr. said in a ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) - It is time for Jeep to stop using the Cherokee Nation's name on its Cherokee and Grand Cherokee SUVs, the chief of the Oklahoma-based tribe said. Chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr. said ...