District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch announced that a Graham County jury found Keith Mark Tipton guilty of four criminal charges, resulting in a minimum active sentence of 231 months, or 19.25 years in prison.

In this week’s article, we’ll take a look at the law in Cherokee Code governing the roads of the trust lands of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. 

In celebration of Great Outdoors Month and National Trails Day on Saturday, June 7, the Department of the Interior today announced the designation of five new National Recreation Trails in six states, adding 387 miles to the National Trails System.

During its regular session on Thursday, June 5, Dinilawigi (Tribal Council) overrode two vetoes by Ugvwiyuhi (Principal Chief) Michell Hicks regarding cannabis.  The vetoes were of Res. No. 464 and Ord. No. 391, both of which were originally passed on May 1. 

Three news ordinances were submitted during the Dinilawigi (Tribal Council) regular session on Thursday, June 5. 

The Cherokee Code of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians gives tribal leaders the authority to exclude individuals, including EBCI tribal members, from its lands.  This process is sometimes referred to as banishment but is referred to as exclusion in the Code. 

Every few weeks, the One Feather will provide legislative updates on various pieces of federal legislation of interest to members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The bills are shown in the order in which they were introduced.

The 2025 Remember the Removal (RTR) riders received a send-off from Kituwah, the Mother Town of the Cherokee, on the evening of Friday, May 30.  Riders will embark on the journey from New Echota, Ga., former capital of the Cherokee Nation, on Monday, June 2 and will arrive in Tahlequah, Okla. on Saturday, June 21.