The Cherokee are Native American people. There are three, currently existing, federally-recognized Cherokee tribes The Cherokee Nation, based in Tahlequah, Oklahoma The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, based in Cherokee, North Carolina The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, also based in Tahlequah, Oklahoma Cherokee can also refer to: Related to the Cherokee people Cherokee Nation (1794–1907), the historical government that preceded the current Cherokee Nation Cherokee language, spoken by the Cherokee peoples Cherokee syllabary, a writing system for the Cherokee language, invented by Sequoyah Cherokee (Unicode block), a block of Cherokee characters in Unicode Places Australia Cherokee, Victoria, a locality United States Cherokee, Alabama, a town Cherokee, California, an unincorporated community and census-designated place Cherokee, Nevada County, California, a former mining community Cherokee, Iowa, a city Cherokee, Kansas, a city Indian Hills-Cherokee Section, Kentucky, also known as Cherokee, a former city in Kentucky near Louisville Cherokee Park, Louisville, Kentucky, a municipal park Cherokee, North Carolina, a census-designated place Cherokee, Ohio, an unincorporated community Cherokee, Oklahoma, a city Cherokee Turnpike, a toll road in eastern Oklahoma Cherokee, Tennessee, an unincorporated community Cherokee Lake, Tennessee, a reservoir Cherokee, Texas, an unincorporated community Cherokee, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Cherokee, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community Cherokee Branch, Georgia, a stream Cherokee Run (Ohio), a stream Cherokee County (disambiguation) Cherokee Township (disambiguation) Businesses Cherokee Inc., an American clothing company Harrah's Cherokee, a casino and hotel in Cherokee, North Carolina Cherokee Casino Roland, a casino complex located in Roland, Oklahoma Cherokee Productions, an independent film production company founded by actor James Garner Music Cherokee (band), a later name for the rock band The Robbs "Cherokee" (Ray Noble song), a 1938 jazz standard written by Ray Noble "Cherokee" (Europe song), a 1987 song by Swedish rock band Europe "Cherokee", a song by White Lion from their debut album Fight to Survive "Cherokee", a song by John Moreland from his 2015 album High on Tulsa Heat "Cherokee", a song by Cat Power from her album Sun Cherokee Studios, a recording facility in Hollywood, California Plants Cherokee (grape), another name for the grape Catawba Rosa laevigata, also known as the Cherokee Rose Cherokee purple, a variety of heirloom tomato People Cherokee Fisher (1844–1912), American baseball player Cherokee Parks (born 1972), American former basketball player Crawford Goldsby (1876–1896), aka Cherokee Bill, American Old West outlaw Schools Cherokee Baptist Female College, original name of Shorter University, Rome, Georgia Cherokee High