“In case you don’t know it, we’re the elders now.” The Cherokee Nation funds the Warrior Flight for tribal citizens who have already been awarded the tribe’s Medal of Patriotism for military service.

“Mankiller” is an old Cherokee word for “keeper of the village” – an apt description for a woman who devoted much of her adult life to the tribe. “Even in my own community I have heard ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Cherokee Nation’s 12th Cherokee Warrior Flight departed March 10 for Washington, D.C., with seven veterans who served during the Vietnam War and the Vietnam Era.

Amazons, Greek Warrior Women. Credit: Carole Raddato / Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0 Women warriors appear in myths across the world. According to Greek mythology, the Amazons were a group of female soldiers ...

Seeing what was happening, he shot the Indian, killing him and scaring off the rest of the band that had set upon Wimmer. In turn, the settlers dragged Wimmer and the dead Cherokee into the ...