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Free Rain Barrels for Gardens available to Tribal Elders
Ten EBCI tribal members are offering free sustainable water systems that include rain barrels to the first 30 EBCI tribal elders who call as a community service project. The water systems and related information will be available at no charge and must be ordered...
PETA files Lawsuit against BIA
The issue of the Cherokee Bear Parks is back in the news. PETA filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday, March 17 against the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
BIA fails to recognize Juaneno Band of Mission Indians
Assistant Secretary–Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk issued a final determination not to acknowledge the petitioner known as the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians (Petitioner #84B) as an Indian tribe on Thursday, March 17.
BIA fails to recognize Juaneno Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation
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.
One Feather – March 17, 2011
March 17, 2011
Cherokees honored in long-running Exhibit at Fort Benning
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.
Dora Reed Head Start Program could have License Revoked
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.
New Publication discusses the Foods of Appalachia
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.
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