The Purchasing Department, newly established in the EBCI Budget & Finance department, was set up to consolidate relationships with the Tribe’s suppliers in order to capture savings and create efficiencies for programs.

In its 11 years, the Cherokee Preservation Foundation has made close to 800 grants in the areas of cultural preservation, environmental preservation, and economic development/employment opportunities.

A $50,000 grant from the TVA Ag & Forestry Fund will help the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Fisheries & Wildlife program restore wildlife habitat on the Tribal Reserve. The project was one of 20 selected during the first grant cycle which totaled $578,450.

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians hosted the Department of Veterans Affairs Eastern Region Training Summit in Cherokee on May 6-7.  More than 100 attendees learned about the services and programs available to tribes by Veterans Affairs programs. The event was...

By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   Suicides are on the rise for middle-aged American Indians according to the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report released on Thursday, May 2.  The report states that middle-aged (35-64 years) American Indians/Alaska...

Tribal Court Judgment Summary for May 8

Cherokee is being considered to be the host town for the 2014 North Carolina Republic Party Convention.

Harold Kenneth Cooper III, 33, of Cherokee, was convicted on Friday, May 3 in the Cherokee Court for Probation Violation, Assault Inflicting Serious Bodily Injury, Assault with a Deadly Weapon, and two counts of Second Degree Trespass, and was sentenced to three years...