by admin | Feb 23, 2021 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Cherokee Tribal Bingo has been closed for almost a year now due to COVID-19, and officials state it will remain closed through at least the end of June. “The current plan for Tribal Bingo is to remain closed...
by admin | Feb 22, 2021 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. —The Cherokee Nation Supreme Court ruled on Monday, Feb. 22 in a unanimous decision that the language “by blood” is void, and should be removed from Cherokee Nation’s tribal laws, including provisions within the Cherokee Nation Constitution,...
by admin | Feb 19, 2021 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JONAH LOSSIAH ONE FEATHER STAFF Rep. Mike Clampitt has been named Co-Chair of the House Committee on Federal Regulations and American Indian Affairs for the North Carolina House of Representatives. He was named to this position on Wednesday, Jan. 13,...
by admin | Feb 18, 2021 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
ASHEVILLE – U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced on Thursday, Feb. 18 that Fredrick Thomas Gettins Strohm, 41, of Jackson County, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release for embezzling more than $95,000 from an Indian tribal...
by admin | Feb 17, 2021 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JONAH LOSSIAH ONE FEATHER STAFF Tribal prosecutors of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) have dismissed both felony charges against Benjamin Cody Long. Long was arraigned and detained in December 2019 following a cyberattack on the tribal...
by admin | Feb 11, 2021 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) were both unanimously elected on Thursday, Feb. 11 as Chairman and Vice Chairman, respectively, of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs for the 117th Congress....
