 Flag of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians | |
 Seal of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 14,300[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 United States ( Oklahoma) | |
| Languages | |
| English, Cherokee | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (Southern Baptist), Kituwah, Four Mothers Society | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| other Cherokee tribes |
The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma (ᎠᏂᎩᏚᏩᎩ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ or Anigiduwagi Aniyvwiya, abbreviated United Keetoowah Band or UKB) is a federally recognized tribe of Cherokee Native Americans headquartered in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. According to the UKB website, its members are mostly descendants of "Old Settlers" or "Western Cherokees," those Cherokees who migrated from the Southeast to present-day Arkansas and Oklahoma around 1817. Some reports estimate that Old Settlers began migrating west by 1800, before the forced relocation of Cherokees by the United States in the late 1830s under the Indian Removal Act.
Although politically the UKB is not associated with the Trail of Tears, many of the members have direct ancestors who completed the journey in 1838-39.
- ^ 2011 Oklahoma Indian Nations Pocket Pictorial Directory. Archived April 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission. 2011: 37. Retrieved 8 Feb 2012.
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