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2012 Budget includes Huge Cuts to Indian Country
President Obama’s proposed fiscal year 2012 budget request for Indian Affairs, which includes the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), is $2.5 billion – a $118.9 million decrease from the FY 2010 Enacted/FY 2011 Continuing Resolution (CR) levels.
Federal Indictments filed on Cherokee Cases
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina announced several indictments by a federal grand jury on Feb. 11.
Making Beanbread with Matilda Calhoun
The 4-H Native American Craft Club met on Monday, Feb. 7, and Matilda Calhoun, known on the Qualla Boundary as one of “The Reed Sisters”, was gracious enough to share her secret to making delicious beanbread.
Volunteers needed to help with WCU’s Rivercane Restoration Project
Volunteers are being sought to help relocate rivercane from the Western Carolina University area to a site near Cherokee as part of the university’s Rivercane Restoration Project.
Hospital Eye Chart in Cherokee Language
Children who read the Cherokee language can now use an eye chart using the Cherokee syllabary when getting eye exams at the Cherokee Indian Hospital.
Smith gets 1 year for violating DV Protective Order
Richard Cecil Smith, 41, was convicted on Tuesday, Feb. 8 in the Cherokee Tribal Court for Violation of a Domestic Violence Protection Order. He was sentenced to one year imprisonment by the Honorable J. Matthew Martin.
One Feather – Feb. 10, 2011
Full version of the Feb. 10, 2011 Cherokee One Feather for download.
Big Cove Resident oversees Tribal Mentoring Program
The Tribal Mentoring Program (TMP) at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel has new energy. Karina Bottchenbaugh, an EBCI tribal member from the Big Cove Community, has joined the casino’s Talent Development Department as the new Career Development Specialist II-Tribal, who will oversee the TMP.
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