Assistant Secretary–Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk issued a final determination not to acknowledge the petitioner known as the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation (Petitioner #84A) as an Indian tribe on Thursday, March 17.

The popularity of a Native American exhibit at Ft. Benning’s Donovan Research Library near Columbus, Ga., kept it on display much longer than originally planned.

The Head Start program at the Dora Reed Children’s Center could lose its license. The child care facility, which serves over 100 families in Cherokee, has been cited by the North Carolina Department of Child Development (NCDCD) for a Proposed Revocation of License.

The Renewing America’s Food Traditions (RAFT) Alliance has just released a booklet entitled “Place-based Food of Appalachia: from Rarity to Community Restoration and Market Recovery”. The booklet discusses the rich heritage of mountain foods including old-timey, Appalachian varieties of apples, beans, muscadine grapes, sweet potatoes, corn, pawpaws, greens and other foods.

                  About 100 feet of electrical cable, valued at $300, was stolen from the Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds on Wednesday, March 2.  No buildings were reported broken into, and the cable was attached to the lighting array on the amphitheatre stage.  The...

There are several bills on the table of the Kentucky State House of Representatives now that, if passed, would allow the state to start the process of granting state recognition to groups as American Indian Tribes.