Tag: Sequoyah

Road open after barge strikes bridge in Sequoyah County

SALLISAW, Okla. (KNWA/KFTA) — US-59 is now open south of Sallisaw after previously being closed due to a barge striking a bridge. According to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, engineers inspected the structure and found it safe to reopen. SALLISAW, Okla. (KNWA/KFTA) — The Oklahoma State Patrol is responding to an incident in Sequoyah County […]

The Cherokees, Sequoyah and the Trail of Tears

One of Chad Berry’s early slides during his Feb. 8 talk on Appalachia and its people acknowledged that Berea College, like East Tennessee, is located on lands originally occupied by what is now the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians and two other large Native American tribes: the Shawnee and the Yuchi. The Berea College […]