The Cherokee Central Schools (CCS) Board of Education held its first meeting in the conference room of the new administrative building on Monday, Oct. 18.

After 22 months of hearings and eight dismissed charges, a jury found Benjamin Cody Long guilty of ‘misusing Tribal property’ on the afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 14.

What began as a routine piece of legislation turned into a discussion on the future of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians’ (EBCI) association with USET (United South and Eastern Tribes). 

Council approved Res. No. 11 (2021) unanimously during an Annual Council session on Monday, Oct. 11 that calls for three questions regarding term limits to be posed to the voters which would result in a change to the EBCI Charter and Governing Document.

Beaded swan feathers, representing past Cherokee Beloved People, adorned posts set up at the front of a stage area in the Yellowhill Activity Center as another Beloved person officially took their position. 

The Cherokee Central Schools (CCS) Board of Education met Monday morning (Oct. 4) following the swearing in of three new members.

 The Cherokee Nation on Tuesday, Sept. 28 enrolled its 400,000th tribal citizen and continues to process a historic record number of citizenship applications.