What are the traditions of the Echota Cherokee Tribe?

However, the main tradition of Echota people is that the families all passed down the stories of “Cherokee blood.” Enough people took and interest in this, that they were able to form a heritage group, and then they tried to form a tribe. The state recognized them in 1984. read more

The Echota Cherokee Tribe Rising from the Ashes The members of the Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama are the descendants of those Indian people who escaped the infamous “Trail of Tears” by hiding out in the mountainous backwoods and lowlands of the Southeast. read more

After 1800 the Cherokee were remarkable for their assimilation of American settler culture. The tribe formed a government modeled on that of the United States. Under Chief Junaluska they aided Andrew Jackson against the Creek in the Creek War, particularly in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. read more