Cherokee: References & Edit History
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: NCpedia - Cherokee People in North Carolina. | Jun 06, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - Who belongs in the Cherokee Nation? | Feb 16, 2026 | ||
| Clarified that Eaton's Station and Fort Watauga were located in what is now Tennessee. | Sep 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: NCpedia - Cherokee People in North Carolina. | Jul 31, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: eHRAF World Cultures - Cherokee. | Jun 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Joshua Project - Cherokee in United States. | Mar 21, 2025 | ||
| Corrected names of Indigenous groups and updated population numbers. | Nov 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Washington Library Center for Digital History - Cherokee. | Jul 31, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Cherokee Nation. | Aug 11, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas - Cherokee. | May 19, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Texas State Historical Association - The Handbook of Texas Online - Cherokee Indians. | Dec 12, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Public Radio - Composer, Conductor Lukas Foss Dies At 86. | Apr 22, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 02, 2021 | ||
| Replaced photographs. | Feb 11, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Native Indian Tribes - Cherokee Tribe. | Jun 14, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Cherokee Indians. | May 22, 2017 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 03, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Smithsonian Channel - How the Brutal Trail of Tears Got Its Name. | Feb 21, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Indians.org - Cherokee Indians. | Dec 21, 2016 | ||
| Map of the Trail of tears added. | Apr 29, 2015 | ||
| Detail regarding the Trail of Tears and Cherokee settlement in Indian Territory added. | Apr 29, 2015 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 27, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: New Georgia Encyclopedia - History and Archaeology - Cherokee Indians. | Jun 10, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Cherokee Indians. | Nov 12, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Quatr.us - Cherokee History. | Nov 12, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Feb 02, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 21, 2003 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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