On a breezy late spring evening, 18 Cherokee men and women converged at the Kituwah Mound, the Mother Town of the Cherokee, to join together, reflect, pray, and think about an upcoming journey. 

Just over 25 percent (25.56%) of the registered voters of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians turned out to vote in the alcohol referendum on Thursday, May 31. 

The rain couldn’t stop the shovels from turning the dirt at the Eastern Band of Cherokee’s solar farm groundbreaking at Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino on Tuesday, May 29.

PFC Charles George, an EBCI tribal member, received the Medal of Honor posthumously after throwing himself on a grenade to save two fellow soldiers during the Korean War. 

Those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the defense of the United State were remembered and honored at a Memorial Day event hosted by the Steve Youngdeer American Legion Post 143.

Sacrifice is meaningless without remembrance. The collective consciousness of all who love our country is acutely aware of the loss of our fellow citizens during wartime. On this day, each year, we remember.

Tribal Council launched an investigation in January following a settlement payout to seven former employees of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.  That investigation is now complete and has found there was no wrongdoing by Principal Chief Richard G. Sneed in the settlement process, and Tribal Council has committed to writing tribal law dealing with how lawsuit settlements are handled in the future.