A list of Tennessee’s tribes or nations . Aganahali. Named on French maps in the early 18 th century, these occupied approximately the same area as the occupied by the Quizquiz of De Soto’s ...

The beginning of Native American Heritage Month in U.S. history. A major supporter of "American Indian Day" was Dr. Arthur C. Parker, a member of the Seneca tribe, who was the director of the ...

Sandy, a centuries-old Indian artifact found in Wilson County in the 1930s, may soon become the official Tennessee state artifact, under a bill moving through the state legislature.

Some Tennessee land could soon be returned to Cherokee Indians. April 15, 2016 at 1:00 a.m. | Updated April 15, 2016 at 4:12 p.m.

The uprooting of Native American tribes is one of the most shameful periods in US history. But this dark era is being recalled with new light in Tennessee. Sara Nelson reports.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Six groups will lose their state recognition as Indian tribes in a court order that settles a lawsuit against the now-defunct Tennessee Commission on Indian Affairs.The ...

Andrew Jackson, from Tennessee, was a forceful proponent of Indian removal. In 1814 he commanded the U.S. military forces that defeated a faction of the Creek nation.

With the outbreak of the American Revolution (1775-1783) and the related conflicts of the Chickamauga Wars (1776-1794) and the Northwest Indian War (1785-1795), Shawnee returned to Tennessee ...