The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians petitioned to change the name back to its original Cherokee name. That request has now been granted and Cherokee leaders and visitors are responding.

Only on News 13 -- an exclusive first look at the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians packaged cannabis products. The historic medical marijuana dispensary will open on Saturday, April 20 ...

A man and member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) was sentenced to life in prison for the 2013 murder of his ...

An enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians was sentenced to life in prison on April 3, 2025, for the 2013 ...

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians opened its cannabis superstore, the Great Smoky Cannabis Company, on April 20th in a renovated bingo hall in the Great Smoky Mountains. A holiday for cannabis ...

Future installments feature LaKisha Blount, Joseph Drew Lanham, Kelle Jolly, Roy Harris and Glenis Redmond. Tickets are $10 for adults, $7 for ages 65 and older, and $5 for students. Free for children ...

Cabe, a forest resource specialist for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and an enrolled tribal member in his 40s, grew up gathering sochan—a traditional Cherokee food akin to but milder than ...

Marie Walkingstick Pheasant was found in the burned-out car in the Qualla Boundary of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in 2013. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the ...

From 1882 to 1887, Trinity College, then in Randolph County, ran the federally funded Cherokee Industrial Indian Boarding School, enrolling 20 children of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The ...

A Cherokee storyteller will kick off the second annual Conversations with Storytellers series at the Pigeon Community Multicultural Development Center at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 10.

the Eastern District of Oklahoma sided with the Cherokee Nation in 2017. The UKB appealed to the 10 th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver this past May. "Because it is undisputed that the UKB is a ...

March 10 is the deadline to apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance. Benefits are available in 39 WNC counties and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.