Most of the meeting was held in closed session to discuss an ‘employee appeal’. The Board moved into closed session around 6 p.m. and the meeting was not complete until approximately 10 p.m., according to School Board assistant Terri Bradley.

Single-vehicle crash on the Spur results in passenger fatality 

Following are the winners in the Vax for Cash lottery held on Tuesday, Nov. 9 and hosted by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. This list is provided to the One Feather by the EBCI Public Health and Human Service Division.

The Department of the Interior announced on Tuesday, Nov. 16 the formation of a new Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee (STAC), which formally establishes a mechanism for Tribal leaders to engage in routine and robust conversations directly with Secretary Deb Haaland. This important move will further strengthen the Department’s nation-to-nation relationship with federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes and their leadership.

The Cherokee Speakers Council met Friday, Nov. 5 in the Tribal Council chambers to hold a televised open session.

On the evening of Thursday, Nov. 11, the Cherokee Indian Police Department (CIPD) lead by a joint task force organized by the Chief of Police which is made up of the CIPD Narcotics Division, CIPD Criminal Interdiction Team, Tribal ALE, and the Office of the Tribal Prosecutor, obtained and executed a search warrant at 234 Fisher Branch Road on the Qualla Boundary.  This search warrant was the result of an ongoing investigation and led to the arrests of three individuals. 

Community members filled the Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds to the brim on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month to honor those who served in the U.S. Armed Forces. 

Once again, a bill that would place 76 acres of land containing several historic sites in eastern Tennessee in trust for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) has passed the U.S. House of Representatives.  The Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act, H.R. 2088, passed by a margin of 407-16.