Asheville, North Carolina (AP)
The leader of the Eastern Band of Cherokee is upset with plans to remove just 25 percent of American Indian artifacts from the site of an airport runway expansion in North Carolina.
The Asheville Citizen-Times reported Feb. 17 that the Macon County Airport Authority plans to spend $535,000 to remove one-quarter of the artifacts in the expansion area.
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Cherokee, North Carolina (AP)
The Museum of the Cherokee Indian is well on its way to raising enough money for an expansion in the North Carolina mountains.
The Asheville Citizen-Times reported during June that the Cherokee Preservation Foundation has raised nearly $2 million....07-07-2009, 11:58 AM -
Asheville, North Carolina (AP)
Longtime animal rights activist Bob Barker is calling for a tourism boycott of the Eastern Band of Cherokee because the tribe allows bears to be kept in pits as an attraction.
Barker met with the tribe’s principal chief, Michell Hicks, on...08-04-2009, 03:37 PM -
Cullowhee, North Carolina (ICC)
Noted Cherokee scholar Robert J. Conley, a prolific author with 80 books to his credit during a career spanning 40 years, is the new Sequoyah Distinguished Professor in Cherokee Studies at Western Carolina University.
Conley’s appointment...07-11-2008, 12:16 PM -
Cherokee, North Carolina (AP)
Alcohol sales at a North Carolina mountain casino have been approved by members of the Cherokee Indian tribe as a way to boost profits used to run tribal government and pay its members.
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians approved alcohol...06-12-2009, 02:16 PM -
Cherokee, North Carolina (AP)
The Cherokee Indian outdoor drama “Unto These Hills” is closing its 2008 season after a performance in an open-air mountain theater in southwestern North Carolina.
The drama’s 2008 run began in June and is sponsored by the Cherokee Historical...09-12-2008, 12:38 PM