The USET Annual Meeting is a time for the member tribes and leaders to come together to discuss pressing issues for each tribe as well as Indian Country as a whole. Many issues were discussed during the meeting ranging from domestic violence to diabetes to self-determination. Many of these issues were discussed in a series of presentations on Wednesday, Oct. 30.

As of Friday, Nov. 1, Cherokee Phoenix Theatre will be a six-screen cinema; an expansion of four additional screens from the original two that opened in July of 2008. The state-of-the-art cinema now has over 900 seats, as well as the latest cinema technology. All of...

The Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) hosted their third annual Cherokee Archaeological Symposium on Oct. 24-25 at Harrrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort.

Through various fundraisers including the Cherokee Harvest Half Marathon & 5K race earlier this month, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians donated $22,458.39 to the Madison Hornbuckle Children’s Cancer Foundation.

Several business, civic, and educational leaders from across Western North Carolina were sworn in recently as new members of the AdvantageWest Board of Directors. Among them was Jason D. Lambert, an EBCI tribal member and director of the Division of Commerce for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, appointed by the president pro tempore of the N.C. Senate.

Leaders and members from over 20 tribes have come to Cherokee this week for the USET (United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc.) Annual Meeting and Expo. The week’s activities kicked off on Monday, Oct. 28 with opening ceremony at the Harrah’s Cherokee Resort Event Center.