LONG VIEW: A group of Cherokee people returned to these ancestral lands in October as part of an ongoing effort to illustrate to the U.S. Forest Service the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians ...

That instinct is correct—facts relating to tribal history and the existence of Indian ancestry must be at the heart of ... The Lumbees have a history of shifting claims, including claiming Cherokee ...

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has the only active program in North Carolina. It has shared casino revenue with enrolled members of the tribe since 1996. Mary Helen Moore covers Durham for ...

Rebecca Wolfe Damas, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, is a member of the Class of 2025 inductees into the ...

According to the tribe, the council will move forward regardless. “The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians remain aligned in our promise to our people ...

By highlighting the success stories of Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians who have embraced Cherokee medicine and ceremony to heal from mental health challenges and substance abuse, we endeavor to ...

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A ruling by a U.S. Department of the Interior officials has given the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians jurisdiction ...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's legal opinion allows the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians (UKB) to build a ...

The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians do have “exclusive Tribal jurisdiction over its trust lands,” according to an opinion written by the U.S. Department of Interior’s solicitor ...