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A Q&A for KPEP
Staff members from the Kituwah Preservation and Education Program answer some questions from the community Q: What is the Cherokee Speakers Consortium and what do they do? A: The Consortium is a group of Cherokee Speakers who meet regularly to translate...
Christmas checks for EBCI seniors
Senior Citizens do not have to submit anything or request a Christmas check. Checks will be mailed to all EBCI tribal members who are 60 years of age or older by Dec. 31. Checks will be sent to the same address as per capita. Handicapped and/or disabled enrolled...
Election Results
The following are unofficial election results from the North Carolina State Board of Elections: How the State voted President of the United States Barack Obama (D) 2,177,794 (48.29%) Mitt Romney (R)...
EBCI has 395 full bloods
According to information from the EBCI Enrollment Office, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians currently has 395 living members registered as 4/4 or full blood. The age range of these members and their gender is as follows: - 4 are age 0-19 (2 male, 2 female) - 39...
Tribe partnering with SCC to start Fire Fighter Academy
The EBCI Department of Public Safety, in partnership with Southwestern Community College (SCC) Jerry Sutton Public Safety Training Center (PSTC), is starting an unprecedented effort to train future fire fighters. In a joint effort to address the shortage of qualified...
An important date for SSI recipients
If you are an EBCI tribal member and you received a per capita check please read the following: Dec. 12 is the deadline for your per capita receipts to be turned in to the Franklin Social Security Office. This deadline has been set in order to avoid a lapse in...
Attention SSI Recipients
This is a reminder to save all your receipts. Social Security will be in Cherokee to pick up them up on Wednesday, Dec. 12. All receipts will be accepted at the EBCI Health & Medical SHIP office. SSI Recipients who still need to show receipts for June 2012 per...
Stranded hiker rescued from backcountry in Park
Steven Ainsworth, 56, of Washington, NC was successfully airlifted from the Appalachian Trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Friday, Nov. 2. Ainsworth had become stranded on a remote section of the trail as a result of the snow storm that blanketed higher...
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