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Members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee have been working to get Clingmans Dome, the highest point in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, renamed to its traditional Cherokee name. Tribal council voted unanimously in favor of the next step in the process.
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Members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will vote this fall on whether to legalize marijuana possession and sales on tribal lands for anyone 21 and older.
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Indian Child Welfare Act upheld by US Supreme Court: Here's why it matters in Western North CarolinaThe decision affirms tribal sovereignty by upholding Act designed to keep native children with their families and communities.
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The Eastern Band of Cherokee will not officially recognize same-sex marriages on the Qualla Boundary. BPR was at Thursday’s tribal council meeting when…
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A section of U.S. 441 through the Qualla Boundary was renamed in Beloved Man Dr. Jerry Wolfe’s honor this month. “Jerry personified what it meant to be…
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Supporters say they will keep showing up until the tribal council for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians hears their call to recognize same-sex…
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Over a year ago, the borders of some local counties and regions were shut to the public to help stop the spread of COVID-19. As part of BPR and Foxfire…
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It’s been six years since the U.S. Supreme Court made its landmark ruling, making same-sex marriage legal. But that ruling doesn’t apply to sovereign…
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Long before the world had ever heard of COVID-19, the Cherokee language was in trouble.Last year, the three tribes in the U.S. declared a state of…
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Western Carolina University has established a Cherokee Studies Scholarship in honor of an Eastern Band leader and scholar.One death this year that had…