The White House joined with 250 American Indian and Alaska Native youth attending the UNITY Midyear Conference on Thursday, Feb. 12 to launch the Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) Native youth Challenge.

The United South and Eastern Tribes (USET) strongly endorsed a bill on Monday, Feb. 9 that would remove all trademark protections of the Washington NFL team as long as the franchise retains the R-word racial slur as its team name.

These are the Budget Council Results from Tuesday, Feb. 3.

Historic human remains, found in Tennessee, will soon be repatriated to several tribes, including the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and reburied according to Cherokee tribal custom.

Recently, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office requested assistance from the public in regards to several breaking and enterings and larcenies in the Qualla/Whittier communities of Jackson County.

These are the Tribal Council Results from Thursday, Jan. 8.

At the Jan. 8 session of Tribal Council, Patrick Lambert announced his retirement from the Cherokee Tribal Gaming Commission.

Cherokee Indian Police Department officers responded to a stabbing call at a residence on Calhoun Road in the Big Cove Community at approximately 9:20pm on Tuesday, Jan. 13.