by Anthony Brown | Mar 15, 2016 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will join six other tribes in a joint repatriation and subsequent reburial of a set of human remains unearthed in 1976. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) contacted a total of...
by Anthony Brown | Mar 11, 2016 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Patrick Bradley Allison, 42, an EBCI tribal member and tribal employee, was killed as the result of a head-on collision that occurred on Birdtown Road (US-19) on the morning of April 14, 2015. Now, almost a year...
by Anthony Brown | Mar 4, 2016 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Ernest Tiger, an EBCI tribal member and businessman, is unhappy with the current laws and structure of the Tribal Business Preference Law and the Tribal Employment Rights Office (TERO) laws. He submitted Ord. No....
by Anthony Brown | Mar 3, 2016 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
Item No. 1 – Tabled Ord. No. 152 (2016) – Amendment to Chapter 117 be amended to include Standards of Ethical Conduct – DEEMED READ AND TABLED Item No. 2 – Tabled Ord. No. 153 (2016) – Amendment to Chapter 117 be amended to include Office of Government...
by Anthony Brown | Mar 2, 2016 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Tribal Council voted 8-3 to place the Tribal Governmental Affairs budget under their budget – monies that were previously located in the Executive Office’s budget. The vote occurred during Budget Council on Tuesday,...
by Anthony Brown | Mar 1, 2016 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
Item No. 1 – Tabled Ord. No. 29 (2015) Amendment to Section 130A-7 EBCI PHHS Family Safety Advisory Board – PASSED Item No. 2 – Tabled Ord. No. 79 (2015) Sec. 14-96.1 – Additional fines for crimes involving alcohol and controlled substances – PASSED...