Perry Horse, a member of the Kiowa Nation and a national advocate for the importance of education in American Indian communities, gave a talk, “Identity Development in American Indian Students,” March 31 on the UNC Asheville campus.

In an unique collaboration, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) joined Eastern Shawnee tribal officials in a recent joint repatriation

Tribal Council tabled legislation (Ord. No. 116 – 2016), submitted by Principal Chief Patrick Lambert, during its Budget Council session on Tuesday, April 5 that would ban the confinement of bears in a pit or any underground enclosures.

Last month, Tribal Council voted 8-3 to place the Tribal Governmental Affairs budget under their budget – monies that were previously located in the Executive Office’s budget.

Tribal Court Judgment Summaries for March 2, 9, 23 and 30

Note: This is a schedule for Tribal Court, and defendants are scheduled to appear on the dates listed. It should be noted that the following defendants have only been charged with the crimes listed and should be presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Shannon Swimmer, an EBCI tribal member, received news recently that she passed the North Carolina Bar Exam.

The Cherokee Indian Police Department (CIPD), United States Federal Probation Office, and the Jackson Co. Sheriff Department, are trying to locate Shane Louis Walkingstick.