updated Tue. January 16, 2024
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FOX 5 Atlanta
February 21, 2018
CALHOUN, Ga. - Wednesday marks exactly 190 years the first Native American-published newspaper rolled off a printing press right here in North Georgia. Creating the Cherokee Phoenix was a major milestone for the Cherokee Nation, and it's one that's honored year-round at New Echota State HistoricÃâà...
Northwest Georgia News
February 19, 2018
... fluent in the Cherokee tongue works representatives of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina to develop Cherokee language learning material. Belt will also offer his views on Major Ridge and how his actions in signing the Treaty of New Echota went against the concept of “Duyuk' dv' I.
Cherokee Phoenix
February 14, 2018
Sites visited in Georgia are expected to be: The Vann House, Springplace Cemetery, New Echota Historic Site and the 1755 Taliwa Battle Site. At 9:30 a.m., Saturday, March 24, the association's annual meeting will be held at Nancy Ward's gravesite in connection with a monument dedication led byÃâà...
Cherokee Phoenix
February 14, 2018
It was the tribe's capital in exile because in 1832 the state of Georgia passed a law stating the Cherokee could no longer meet at its capital in New Echota, so at that time the capital, in effect, became Red Clay, said National TOTA President Jack Baker. New Echota and Red Clay are about 40 miles apart.
Northwest Georgia News
February 7, 2018
To spotlight Georgia's fascinating past, State Historic Sites are offering free admission on Sunday, Feb. 11. The event is part of Georgia History Festival's statewide celebration of “Super Museum Sunday.” To spotlight Georgia's fascinating past, New Echota and Chief Vann State Historic Sites in CalhounÃâà...
Cherokee Phoenix
February 6, 2018
The CN asserts that the land in question resides within the last treaty boundaries of the CN as defined by both the Treaty of New Echota and 1866 Treaty, and as such requires express consent rather than consultation. In reference to the DOI's interpretation of the 1999 Appropriation Act, the CN states it onlyÃâà...
Cherokee Phoenix
December 31, 2017
Those fateful words are a part of the Treaty of New Echota signed Dec. 29, 1835, in New Echota, Georgia, by 21 Cherokee headmen and two government officials. The signing, 182 years ago, ended nearly 20 years of efforts by the U.S. government to push the Cherokee people west beyond the Mississippi.
Alabama NewsCenter
December 29, 2017
The United States government signed the Treaty of New Echota with representatives of the Cherokee Treaty Party, a minority political faction of the Cherokee Nation. Signed in Georgia, the treaty ceded all Cherokee land east of the Mississippi River to the United States, including land that later becameÃâà...
Northwest Georgia News
November 2, 2017
A large part of this area's history will be celebrated on Saturday, Nov. 11 when New Echota State Historic Site, located at 1211 Highway 225 North in Calhoun, holds New Echota Heritage Day from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. The event is hosted by Friends of New Echota, a non-profit organization operating as aÃâà...
Chattanooga Times Free Press
July 11, 2015
This reconstruction of the Cherokee Phoenix building, where a bilingual Cherokee newspaper was established, is one of several buildings at the New Echota State Park near Calhoun, Ga., close to the site where the last Cherokee capitol in Georgia was located. Staff Photo by John Rawlston/ChattanoogaÃâà...
