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News from the Nations (Jan. 22-28)
News from the Nations (Jan. 22-28)
Tribal member sentenced for string of hotel, business robberies
U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced Stephen Russell Dean McCoy, 27, an EBCI tribal member of Cherokee, on Thursday, Jan. 25 to 108 months in prison on federal charges stemming from a string of robberies of hotels and businesses across three counties, announced R. Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
Park welcomes record number of visitors in 2017
For the second year in a row, Great Smoky Mountains National Park welcomed over 11 million visitors. In 2017, a record 11,338,894 people visited the national park, which is a slight increase, 0.2 percent, over 2016.
Three plead in state court to robbing tribal elder
Mitchum Scott Turpin, Tilmon Gene Fortner, and Kasey Lynn Keffer, all of Sylva, have pleaded guilty in federal court in Asheville to one count each of Robbery before the Honorable Dennis J. Howell.
News from the Nations (Jan. 15-19)
News from the Nations (Jan. 15-19)
Tribe’s land-into-trust bill reported favorably by Committee
A bill that would bring several historic Cherokee sites back under the control of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians was marked up and reported favorably by a unanimous vote of the House Committee on Natural Resources on Wednesday, Jan. 17.
Cherokee Nation launches new language program for Cherokee Immersion Charter School graduates
The Cherokee Nation recently launched a pilot program to ensure students who learned to speak Cherokee at the tribe’s Cherokee Immersion Charter School continue to use the language as they enter high school.
News from the Nations (Jan. 8-12)
News from the Nations (Jan. 8-12)
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