The Eastern Band of Cherokee is the only NC tribe with full federal recognition. But NC recognizes seven others.

CHEROKEE, N.C. (WTVD) -- November is Native American Heritage Month and it's a time when cultural events ramp up at Cherokee Middle School in Cherokee. "We're doing it now once a week for this month.

Principal Chief Michell Hicks signed Ordinance No. 13, creating the first official deer season on the Tribal Lands for the ...

Cherokee Nation leaders and Cherokee language speakers joined representatives from Kiwa Digital Ltd. on Tuesday to launch the ...

Light pours through large windows and glass ceilings of the Cherokee Indian Hospital onto a fireplace, a waterfall and murals. Rattlesnake Mountain, which the Cherokee elders say holds ancient healing ...

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has for centuries practiced the Booger Dance to ward off illnesses and other malevolent forces. As night descends, men selected as “boogers,” or evil entities, ...

CHEROKEE, N.C. -- Members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will vote in September on whether they want to legalize marijuana possession and sales on tribal lands for anyone 21 and older - not ...

The tribal government of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, well-known in North Carolina for having the first lawful casino in the state, this month voted to begin making and selling medical ...

Guest Opinion. The debate happening at the federal level over the future of health insurance policy demands the attention of ...