Official Results for Dinilawigi on Wednesday, July 1

The One Feather provides weekly legislative updates on various pieces of federal legislation of interest to members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The bills are shown in the order in which they were introduced following the new bills for the week.

On the morning of Friday, July 10, Dakota Ward, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), entered a guilty plea in Cherokee Tribal Court with Judge Barbara “Sunshine” Parker presiding.

A community input meeting was held on the evening of Thursday, July 9 at the Pam Taylor Gymnasium in Aniwodihi (Painttown) by the Office of the Principal Chief to discuss the ongoing build of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and People (MMIWGP) online database.

This Week in Native News

The Town of Murphy approved a resolution on Monday, July 6, 2026 to transfer the Fort Butler Park and Historical Site, aka Fort Butler Memorial Park, to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI).  This will occur at no cost to the EBCI.

The One Feather provides weekly legislative updates on various pieces of federal legislation of interest to members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The bills are shown in the order in which they were introduced following the new bills for the week.

What started as a visit to a job fair ended with an almost 30-year very illustrious career in the gaming industry of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI).  Lumpy Lambert, an EBCI tribal member, is retiring from Harrah’s Cherokee Casinos with 29 years of service.