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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)
Chief Sneed: Updating the Police Commission
Since 2009 the tribe has worked with an officially authorized Police Commission to be an impartial board with the oversight responsibility for law enforcement operations on our lands.
Tribal Court Judgment Summaries for Jan. 10, 11
Tribal Court Judgment Summaries for Jan. 10, 11
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