Chad "Corntassel" Smith is principle chief.
Andrew Jackson
The Cherokee Nation, the Nation, the Choctaw Nation, the Seminole Nation, the Creek Nation, and the Chickasaw Nation.
Wilma Mankiller was the first Female Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
Which one? There were at least three US Supreme Court cases concerning the Cherokee Nation during Chief Justice Marshall's tenure on the bench. For more information, see Related Questions, below.
cherokee
Cherokee to begin to leave The Cherokee Nation. ... against enforcement of the treaty, but those Cherokees who did not emigrate to the "Indian .... The Cherokee Nation citizens lost their right to elect their own chief in 1907 when Oklahoma.
As of this date there are several hundred Chief's of the Cherokee, contrary to popular belief there is not a single governing body over all Cherokee (although the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma would like to think so).
Bill John Baker is the current Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
The Cherokee, as a tribe, did not resist movement to Oklahoma.
Tahlequah
the three branches of government for the cherokee are the red chief, the white chief, and the medecine cheif.
Oklahoma
Barbara L. Benge has written: 'The 1890 Cherokee Nation census, Indian Territory (Oklahoma)' -- subject(s): Census, 1890, Cherokee Indians, Genealogy 'The 1880 Cherokee Nation census, Indian Territory (Oklahoma)' -- subject(s): Census, 1880, Cherokee Indians, Genealogy
Keith Barkheimer
The Cherokee arrived in Oklahoma after the tragic winter of 1838-1839. This is called the trail of tears where the Cherokee as a sovereign nation were forced by treaty to leave Northern Georgia.
Andrew Jackson
The current Principal Chief of the Western Cherokee nation is: Chad 'Corntassel' Smith (the Cherokee have had many "Chiefs" throughout history) Please note this information is current for the date it is posted, and may change as a new Chief is elected.