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 ...

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 ...

In his written opinion, Hembree discussed that the history of marriage among Cherokees has continually evolved and Cherokee marriage customs may have been very different prior to European contact.

OKLAHOMA CITY -- 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 requirement ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Kelli King was driving home from work Friday ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Cherokee Nation's attorney general says tribal statutes that prohibit gay marriage are unconstitutional and that the Oklahoma-based tribe can't refuse to issue a marriage ...

The Cherokee Nation's attorney general has said the tribe must lift the ban on same-sex marriage. According to a report, the current law violates a tribal requirement for all of its citizens to be ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...