Park visits down in April

     Visits into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park dropped by 18.7 percent for April 2011 when compared with April 2010.  Park officials relate the decline is due to the I-40 rockslide at the Tennessee/North Carolina state line that closed the interstate for...

Crow Tribal Member addresses UN

WEB EXTRA      NEW YORK, NY—Donald “Del” Laverdure, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, addressed the United Nations on U.S. support for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on Thursday, May 19. He emphasized that...

Budget Council Results – May 3

Res. No. 694 – Request for $400,000 appropriation to Cherokee Boys Club to assist in construction of a new Cherokee Children’s Home – Passed Res. No. 695 – Request by Big Cove Rep. Teresa McCoy for 3 percent COLA increase for Tribal Employees – Tabled until June Item...