Celebrating the Anniversary of the Cherokee Phoenix

Today the Cherokee Phoenix turns 185 years old. We are proud of this milestone - for almost two centuries the story of our people has been chronicled and told by the Phoenix.The Cherokee Phoenix was the first newspaper to be produced by any American Indian tribe, it was the first newspaper in Oklahoma and it was the first bilingual newspaper in the United States.

This anniversary is a celebration of the Cherokee written tradition and our accomplishments as a sovereign tribal nation. The Cherokee Phoenix is and will always be THE newspaper of the Cherokee Nation. That is as true today as it was in the 1800’s.