Due to the recent completion of the audit of the enrollment records of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the issue of enrollment is on many people’s minds. That topic was discussed during the regular session of Tribal Council on Thursday, June 3 as several changes to the Tribe’s Enrollment Ordinance were approved in the form of Ordinance No. 277.

Two years to the day that N.C. State Highway Patrol Trooper Shawn Blanton, an EBCI tribal member, was killed during a routine vehicle stop, he was honored as a bridge on I-40 was named in his honor.

Eighteen leaders of Native American foundations that provide funding and other resources to nonprofit organizations met in Cherokee June 15-17 to design regional networks that will strengthen leadership in Indian Country’s nonprofit sector.

Three senior National Park Service managers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park have been awarded the U.S. Department of Interior Honor Award for Superior Service.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, three EBCI tribal members were sentenced in various crimes in U.S. District Court in Bryson City on Wednesday, June 16.

Cherokee by Design, a locally-owned and operated custom tile and ceramic shop, has moved.

Cherokee Tribal Court Judgment Summaries for June 2, 7, and 9