S. Joe Crittenden, deputy principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, talks briefly about his service in the U.S. Navy in the mid-1960s and what it has meant to his life.

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and Deputy Chief Bryan Warner signed legislation designating the tribe's $80 million settlement from the U.S. federal ...

The election for Chief of the Cherokee Nation, which occurred yesterday, resulted in the complete discomfiture of the present incumbent, WM. P. Rosa, and in the election of LEWIS DOWNING as Chief ...