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EBCI Extension Center welcomes two new employees
The EBCI Cooperative Extension Center has two new employees including Rick DeLoughery who takes the helm as director and Katie Lambert, an EBCI tribal member, who will man the front desk as the administrative secretary.
Cherokee Community Health addresses new HIV/AIDS recommendations
According to the CDC, as cited in the U.S.Preventive Services Task Force paper, approximately 1.1 million Americans are living with HIV.
Federal declinations falling in Indian Country
The Tribal Law and Order Act was enacted into law in 2010 with the main goal of getting more violent crimes prosecuted in Indian Country. Several years in, and it appears to be working.
Hall Mountain ownership returns to EBCI
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) and the Land Trust for the Little Tennessee (LTLT) celebrated the deed signing of the Hall Mountain Tract in Macon County back to tribal ownership on May 31.
Nationally recognized home visiting program begins serving EBCI
Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) is one of the oldest and most thoroughly evaluated nurse home visitation programs in the nation.
Removal Ride is underway
The 2013 Remember the Removal Ride is now officially underway. Below are several photos from the road by EBCI rider Yona Wade:
A ride to remember
Twenty-two Cherokee cyclists are embarking on a journey of a lifetime; a journey that will take them on a path their ancestors took 175 years ago.
Update from the Cherokee Children’s Home
By CRIS WEATHERFORD I would like to take up a brief amount of time and space to inform the greater community on some of the recent happenings at the Cherokee Children’s Home. Regarding the construction progress of the new and exciting Children’s Home, we are very near...
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