Tabled Ordinances for June 2016

The disbursement of the Minor’s Trust Fund, aka the “Big Check”, has been a source of debate and controversy for some years now.

Budget Council Results – Tuesday, May 31

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.

Pattie Sue Bradley, 43, an EBCI tribal member of Cherokee, was sentenced on Thursday, May 19 to 120 months in prison for killing her husband

The Cherokee Indian Police Department (CIPD) partnered with the western North Carolina chapter of MADD and the N.C. State Highway Patrol to conduct multiple checking stations on the Qualla Boundary on Saturday, May 14.

The Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee, Inc., a state-recognized tribe in Georgia, does not meet the criteria for federal recognition according to a notice posted in the Federal Register on Friday, May 13.

On Wednesday, May 11 at 1:04 p.m., Great Smoky Mountains National Park Rangers and Rural Metro Ambulance Service responded to a report of a motorcycle collision