The Cherokee Middle School Braves edged the Murphy Middle Bulldogs 42-39 at home on Tuesday, Jan. 18.

Citizens in or around Cherokee, can now send Text and Web Tips through the Cherokee Indian Police Department and TipSoft from CrimeReports.

Rashida Manjoo, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, will visit the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in Cherokee, North Carolina on Jan. 27-28.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Assistant Secretary- Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk provided the Department’s draft Tribal Consultation Policy to the leaders of the nation’s 565 federally-recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribes for their review and comment on Friday, Jan. 14.

Cherokee One Feather – Jan. 13, 2011 (downloadable PDF file of complete paper)

On the first full day of the 112th Congress, Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC) introduced legislation that would grant the Lumbee Tribe full federal acknowledgment.

More than a foot of snow fell in the Cherokee area over the past five days.