Cherokee
The Cherokee homeland once took in the mountains and valleys of the present-day southeastern United States. After the forced removal of 1838 to 1839, most Cherokee were moved west to what is now Oklahoma, while the Eastern Band remained in western North Carolina. Rabbit the trickster runs through many of their stories.
The Cherokee Nation, with its capital in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, reached 450,000 citizens in 2023 (Sequoyah County Times, February 2023). The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina and the United Keetoowah Band in Oklahoma are also federally recognized nations.
