SUBMITTED By BOB BLANKENSHIP TABCC CHAIRMAN        Federal Law 18 USC 1161 requires that in order for the introduction, possession, and sale of alcoholic beverage to be lawful in Indian Country, the Tribe must adopt an ordinance authorizing and regulating these...

     Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel announced on Monday, July 18 it has hired the public relations firm of 12Twelve Marketing in Asheville.  Marilyn Ball, the agency’s principal, began her association with Harrah’s Cherokee Casino and Hotel in 1996, prior to its...

     On July 1, PVT Curry Allen Blankenship graduated from Marine Corps recruit training in San Diego, California.            Curry is the son of Karen and Perry “Binker” Blankenship of Tahlequah Oklahoma and the Grandson of Wally and Sue Allen of Tahlequah Oklahoma...

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced on Friday, July 15 a total of $1,483,632 in grants to assist American Indian tribes, Alaska native villages, and museums with implementation of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).

Former Governor James Hunt visited Cherokee on Wednesday, July 13, at the invitation of Cherokee Preservation Foundation.

A man wanted for first degree murder in Tennessee has been apprehended in Cherokee.

The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held an Oversight Hearing entitled “Native Women: Protecting, Shielding, and Safeguarding Our Sisters, Mothers, and Daughters” on Thursday, July 14 to address this and other issues affecting American Indian women.