New Year’s Blessing

By SHAWN SPRUCE Upon returning to Cherokee from a business trip late one evening last summer, my girlfriend gave me a small box wrapped in simple white paper.  Expecting a book or some other ordinary gift I opened it without much thought.  Inside, I discovered only a...

Attention EBCI Pension/Retirement recipients

You have likely received a notice in the mail and a copy of the North Carolina NC-4P Form, with instructions to complete and return to Sun Trust, First Citizens and/or Key Bank. Individuals meeting certain criteria are exempt from North Carolina State Income Taxes: 1....

Minors Fund lawsuit dismissed

By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   A lawsuit against the EBCI Investment Committee and Principal Chief Michell Hicks has been dismissed in Tribal Court.  In a ruling filed on Dec. 19, 2013, Associate Judge Danny E. Davis wrote, “…defendants motions to strike...