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.

The Cherokee Indian Police Department (CIPD) will be participating in the North Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety Program and the Indian Highway Safety Program’s “Click it Or Ticket” initiatives that will run through Sunday, May 31.

Diesel fuel leaked into the Oconaluftee River from the Cherokee Mini-Mart underground storage tanks over a month ago. The leak occurred on April 2 and was discovered a day later.

The EBCI Public Safety Communication Center received a call at 11:51am on Thursday, May 14. A female reported a male had been bitten by a Copperhead.

On April 2, there was a suspected release of diesel fuel leaking into the Oconaluftee River by the Cherokee Mini Mart underground storage tanks (USTs).

Actress DeLanna Studi, a Cherokee Nation citizen, announced her new project on Wednesday, May 13, “And So We Walked/An Artist’s Journey Along the Trail of Tears”.

A competition, hosted by Bobby Wilson of the comedy group the 1491s, was held recently on the IAIA campus to select the IAIA Ambassador for the 2015-6 academic year.

This is the Tribal Court Trial Docket for May 18.