The Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians have partnered together to offer an early completion incentive for repairs to Newfound Gap Road (US 441) which was closed due to a January landslide. An extended road closure has...

9:00 a.m.      TJ Holland – request for time re:  Cultural IRB   9:10 a.m.      Recognize successors in interest to Ernest Bud Sneed, Jr. possessory holdings in the Wolfetown Community (Item No. 1)   9:20 a.m.      Recognize successors in interest to Susan...

8:30 a.m.      Request for time:  Fred Alexander - Lisa Letterman   8:40 a.m.      Tabled Res. No. 369 - $2 million from Endowment Fund # 2 for Class III gaming facility in Cherokee Co. (Item No. 1)   8:50 a.m.      Tabled Res. No. 435 - Cherokee Choices...

While on the Senate floor on Friday, Feb. 8, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, urged swift passage of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (S.47) with strong Tribal provisions.

President Obama announced on Wednesday, Feb. 6 that he is nominating Sally Jewell for the position of Secretary of the Interior.

FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate told the USET Board of Directors on Wednesday, Feb. 6 the quest to have the Stafford Act amended to give Tribes the ability make requests for disaster declarations and federal assistance directly rather than getting state approval first was going to be an impossible task.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park visitors reported on Thursday, Jan. 31 the defacement of natural stone features and masonry stone walls at the Sinks. The Sinks is a popular roadside waterfall located on Little River Road between Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area and the...