This is a criminal docket date for the Cherokee Tribal Court. All of the defendants listed have only been charged with the crimes/offenses listed and should be considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

I know your time is valuable so I want to apologize from the outset on the length that this report will be and say thank you for committing a few minutes of your time to better understand these issues so you may be better informed.

A program, developed by Principal Chief Patrick Lambert, whereby elder members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians would have their power bills paid for them will have to wait a little longer.