Cherokee Nation

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The Cherokee Nation (Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ, romanized: Tsalagihi Ayeli or ᏣᎳᎩᏰᎵ, Tsalagiyehli) is the largest of three federally recognized tribes of Cherokee people in the United States. Headquartered in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the nation had 477,673 enrolled citizens as of 2026 (including 289,619 living in Oklahoma), making it one of the largest tribal nations in the country. The tribe includes 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 and the Natchez Nation. The nation operates under a constitution ratified in 2003, with executive, legislative, and judicial branches. In 2020 and 2021, federal and state courts affirmed that the Cherokee Nation's reservation—spanning 14 counties in northeastern Oklahoma—was never disestablished, restoring reservation status under the McGirt v....

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