1. Cherokee - Noun
2. Cherokee - Proper noun
the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee
a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma
Source: WordNetA 3500-year-old Jewish woman and a 6-year-old Cherokee boy fill in parts of history that often go missing. Source: Internet
According to a statement by BIA head Larry Echohawk the Cherokee Nation is not the historical Cherokee tribe but instead a "successor in interest." Source: Internet
A common jazz tune such as " Cherokee " was often performed at quarter note equal to or sometimes exceeding 368 bpm. Source: Internet
A European-American man could legally marry a Cherokee woman by petitioning the federal court, after gaining approval of ten of her blood relatives. Source: Internet
After Ridge had married a European-American woman from Connecticut and Boudinot was engaged to another, the Cherokee Council in 1825 passed a law making children of such unions full citizens of the tribe, as if their mothers were Cherokee. Source: Internet
After the Civil War, the US government required the Cherokee Nation to sign a new treaty, because of its alliance with the Confederacy. Source: Internet