by admin | Aug 14, 2020 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
ROSE, Okla. – The last of nine district courthouses built in the 1800s by the Cherokee Nation, the Saline Courthouse is full of Cherokee history. After years of ongoing work to restore, preserve and modernize the structure, Cherokee Nation reopened the site...
by admin | Aug 13, 2020 | Front Page, Health, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF The Tribal Food Distribution Program of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) has been awarded a $4.5 million grant to help renovate their facility. The funding, by the USDA Food and Nutrition Services, comes...
by admin | Aug 13, 2020 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JONAH LOSSIAH ONE FEATHER STAFF FRANKLIN – Monday morning (Aug. 10) marked the groundbreaking for a new interpretive kiosk at the Nikwasi Mound site in Franklin. The event was hosted by the Nikwasi Initiative, ‘a nonprofit dedicated to...
by admin | Aug 7, 2020 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JONAH LOSSIAH ONE FEATHER STAFF The EBCI Police Commission came to Tribal Council on Thursday, Aug. 6 to reestablish themselves as an asset to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Ord. No. 208 (2020) was unanimously passed by Council and did just...
by admin | Aug 6, 2020 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JONAH LOSSIAH ONE FEATHER STAFF After review, Principal Chief Richard G. Sneed has vetoed a memorandum of agreement between the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and the Kituwah, LLC due to a $2 million oversight. Tribal Council upheld his veto during...
by admin | Aug 6, 2020 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
ASHEVILLE – George Allan Lambert, 48, of Cherokee, was sentenced on Thursday, Aug. 6 to 45 months in prison and three years of supervised release for stabbing a victim with a knife, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North...