Photo of Harrah's Cherokee Casino and Hotel in Cherokee, North Carolina

TAHLEQUAH — In an effort to keep area residents healthy, Thursday has been designated as Great American Smoke-out Day in the Cherokee Nation. In honor of the event, the tribe is offering classes and incentives to help smokers and tobacco users stop ...

Tulsa - Uncle Sam is writing a big check to Oklahoma Indian tribes. The tribes are receiving federal stimulus funds totaling 135-million dollars. The largest recipient is the Cherokee Nation, which is getting more than 37-million. The Creek Nation ...

Girl, 9, pinned under car Mary Vann Lunsford, 90: Shorter College alumna Man's wheelchair stolen from yard Repo man in critical condition Top news around the Web Friday afternoon, detectives, members of the agency’s VIPER Unit, and Cherokee County ...

The school lies close to the Cherokee Indian Reservation and offers courses and resources on the Cherokee ... The legislation would prohibit the tribe from operating a casino. There are an estimated 55,000 Lumbee Indians in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke ...

Sites were set up at different Cherokee County locations, including the Cherokee Nation Casinos in Tahlequah and Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation Hastings Indian Medical Center, Tahlequah City Hospital, Northeastern State University and Keetoowah ...

The owner of a restaurant in southwest Cherokee is under arrest for illegal gambling charges stemming from a two-month investigation. Cherokee Sheriff's Office detectives, members of the agency's VIPER Unit and Cherokee County Marshals executed a ...

SLIDESHOW: Gambling Bust In Cherokee During the investigation, undercover officers went to the restaurant and were paid cash for credits they earned on the gaming machines, police said. Detectives said they received reports of payouts at the ...

Bob Casino will serve as cashier ... Eight and Forty Crawford County Salon No. 524, Eight and Forty, will meet at 1:30 p.m. at the Pittsburg American Legion Post 64 post home. Pat Ogle, chapeau, will preside. Hostesses will be Dorothy Chirafisi and ...

If you called a Native American "Redbone" at the Thanksgiving table, you might get a drumstick upside the head. But in the late 1960s, when American Indians were reclaiming cultural pride alongside other minorities, two brothers sharing Cherokee ...

Authorities have busted an illegal gambling operation at a Cherokee County restaurant. Investigators told WAGA-TV that they found several gaming machines and cash when they raided the Buffalo House restaurant in Woodstock Friday afternoon. The bust ...