The Cherokee Nation's 12-year-old decision not to recognize same-sex marriage goes against the tribe's constitution, Cherokee Nation Attorney General Todd Hembree ruled last week, making same-sex ...

Dawn McKinley and Kathy Reynolds, whose effort to obtain a Cherokee marriage license triggered the 2004 law banning same-sex marriage, said they were surprised by the ruling. | Via Facebook The ...

Kelli King was driving home from work Friday, listening to the news on the car radio, when she got a very nice surprise. A ban on same-sex marriage involving members of the Cherokee Nation was ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Cherokee Nation’s attorney general legalized gay marriage for the country’s second-largest Native American tribe, saying its same-sex marriage ban violates a tribal ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- The case of a Cherokee Nation lesbian couple fighting to have their union recognized by their tribe is taken under advisement. Three Cherokee Nation justices will have to decide ...

The Cherokee Nation, one of the largest registered Native American tribes in the U.S., has officially decided to recognize same-sex marriage. The tribe, as a separate sovereign, isn’t bound by the U.S ...

(Reuters) - The Cherokee Nation's Attorney General has issued an opinion declaring bans on same-sex marriage to be in violation of their tribal constitution, documents show. The move comes more than a ...

Osage Nation voters approved to amend the tribe's definition of marriage from one-man-one-woman to "two persons." Now, the Cherokee Nation is considering putting same-sex marriage to a vote, too. The ...

It’s been six years since the U.S. Supreme Court made its landmark ruling making same-sex marriage legal. But that ruling doesn’t apply to sovereign nations in the U.S., including the Eastern Band of ...

Lead organizer of Nudale Adantedi, Atesi Cooper stands at the bear statue outside of ECBI Tribal Councilhouse in July 2021. Reporter Lilly Knoepp talks with advocates from Navajo Nation to Qualla ...

Kelli King was driving home from work Friday, listening to the news on the car radio, when she got a very nice surprise. A ban on same-sex marriage involving members of the Cherokee Nation was ...