'It means the world to the Cherokee people' || US House passes bill to return 76.1 acres to Cherokee people
The land has been held by the government for a few decades, but Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN) has been working on getting it back in the hands of the Cherokee tribe.
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The Treaty That Forced the Cherokee People from Their Homelands Goes on View
Tribal Council Member Richard French, representing the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, encouraged the three tribes to continue to work with each other. Chief Joe Bunch, whose United Keetoowah ...