Important Dates from the EBCI Board of Elections
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Important Dates from the EBCI Board of Elections
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Cherokee Tribal Court Judgment Summary for Jan. 25
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Tribal Council Agenda - Thursday, Feb. 3
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Budget Council Agenda for Tuesday, Feb. 1
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Six forfeits cost the Cherokee Braves varsity wrestling team as they fell to Swain 59-22 at Swain County High School on Thursday, Jan. 27. Swain edged Cherokee 4-3 in the matches that were contested.
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The Cherokee Middle School wrestling team defeated Swain Middle 57-30 on Thursday, Jan. 27 at Swain County High School.
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The U.S. Department of Justice reports that 1 out of every 3 American Indian women will be raped in their lifetime and 75 percent will be physically assaulted. Rashica Manjoo, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, visited Cherokee on Friday, Jan. 28 to gather information on the problem in Indian Country....
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At the December 2010 regular board meeting, the Board of Directors of One Dozen Who Care, Inc., (ODWC), a non-profit 501 (c) (3) Community Development Corporation in Andrews, hired Lisa Jones, an EBCI tribal member of Robbinsville, as the new Executive Director. She began her duties on January 18.
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NCAI President Jefferson Keel delivered the State of Indian Nations address in Washington, DC on Thursday, Jan. 27.
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Cherokee veterans were given a special recognition on Thursday, Jan. 27 as some were presented with Quilts of Valor by the members of the Smoky Mountain Quilters Guild.
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The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust in Vancouver, Washington, has awarded the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) a $225,000 grant for its project titled “Establish Development Program.”
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Download the entire Jan. 27, 2011 issue here.
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The Indian and Alaska Native Affairs subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee is slated to have four Democrats and six Republicans according to committee assignments announced by both parties on Monday, Jan. 24.
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The Court-ordered process of notifying individual Indians of their right to participate in the historic $3.4 billion class action Settlement, Cobell v. Salazar, is underway.
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The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) will host a United Nations expert this week who is studying why Native women face the highest rates of sexual and physical assault of any group in the United States.
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Attorney General Eric Holder announced on Friday, Jan. 21 the formation and inaugural meeting of the Violence Against Women Federal and Tribal Prosecution Task Force.
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Jefferson Keel, president of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), will deliver the annual State of Indian Nations address on Thursday, Jan. 27 at 10:30am.
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