EBCI New Hire Orientation

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will hold New Hire Orientation on the following dates: Jan. 10-11, Jan. 24-25, Feb. 14-15, Feb. 28 – March 1, March 14-15 and March 28-29.  Please be at the Ginger Lynn Welch large conference room by 9am on the morning of the first...

Ronald Cooper to discuss Trail of Tears book

Jan. 12 at 6pm at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva.  Cooper, a member of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma, will discuss his book It’s My Trail Too.  In January 2011, Cooper began walking the northern route of the Cherokee Trail of Tears for personal reflection and...

Benefit singing for Albert Sluder Jr.

Jan. 12 at the Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds Exhibit Hall.  Meal will start at 4pm, singing will follow.  Guest singers are the Inman Family and the Carolina Crossmen.  Organized by the ladies of Rock Springs Baptist Church tell help pay medical bills.  Info: Greg...

DNA testing schedule for January

The following dates are available to schedule appointments for DNA collection: –          Friday, Jan. 4 –          Friday, Jan. 11 –          Friday, Jan. 18 –          Friday, Jan. 25 The local collection site is at the EBCI Tribal Enrollment...