Aubrey Kina-Marie Littlejohn, a 15-month-old EBCI tribal member, was pronounced dead at the Cherokee Indian Hospital on the morning of Jan. 10, 2011. Now, more than six years later, a Department of Social Services official has been sentenced after ordering the falsification of records following Littlejohn’s death.

Tribal Court Judgment Summary for March 15

The Cherokee One Feather garnered a total of nine awards in the North Carolina Press Association’s 2016 News, Editorial & Photojournalism Contest and 2016 Best Ad Contest.

This is a criminal docket date for the Cherokee Tribal Court. All of the defendants listed have only been charged with the crimes/offenses listed and should be considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Principal Chief Patrick Lambert drafted a letter of support recently directed at the United States Department of Justice’s (USDOJ) Division on Tribal Justice that would create an avenue for the Cherokee Court and Tribal Legal teams to develop new code that would address areas that are currently vague or inadequate within the Cherokee Code.

This is a criminal docket date for the Cherokee Tribal Court. All of the defendants listed have only been charged with the crimes/offenses listed and should be considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Tribal Court Judgment Summary for March 8