Chances are there’s somebody in your life who claims they are part Cherokee. Of course, this is a complete shock to everyone since the person in question looks about as Native American as Kermit the ...

In 1951, four Cherokee leaders retraced the Trail of Tears, stopping in Cape Girardeau to present a peace pipe and smoke a ceremonial pipe at “Princess” Otahki’s grave.

I grew up in a little Norwegian fishing community that was absorbed into Seattle proper. Just about every family that wasn’t pure Norwegian liked to boast about having an Indian princess in their ...