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February 4, 2010
Eastern Band of Cherokee Tribal Council to Formally Oppose Duke Energy Substation
CHEROKEE, NC- Today the Tribal Council of the Eastern Band of Cherokee approved formal action to oppose a Duke Energy Substation in Swain County, North Carolina. The tribe voiced opposition to the substation for two reasons. First, the impact of [...]

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February 8, 2010 
By Scott  
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. 
ONE FEATHER STAFF

The Mound at the Kituwah Site (Photo by Scott McKie B.P./One Feather staff)  
Kituwah, the Mother Town of the Cherokee, is in danger according to many tribal members who are opposing the construction of a Duke Energy Substation near the site.  Tribal Council passed a resolution during their [...]

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Cherokee lobby to have 5 tribes deleted from bill
May 13, 2009
NASHVILLE – After retaining two prominent lobbyists, the Cherokee Nation won a tentative victory in the Tennessee Legislature on Tuesday.
A bill by House Republican Leader Jason Mumpower and Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey was amended in House committee to delete five of the six American Indian [...]

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Eastern Band, Cherokee Nation to reunite
by Jon Ostendorff
April 16, 2009
CHEROKEE – The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and the Cherokee Nation will reunite this week at the place where they fought government plans to send them west 171 years ago.
The show of solidarity and culture at Red Clay State Park in Cleveland, Tenn., is only [...]

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Airport agrees to 100 percent artifact recovery
Airport Authority chairman Miles Gregory (center back) speaks to a full house.
The Macon County airport authority chairman said they are moving towards reaching a compromise with the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians (EBCI) over archaeological recovery at the proposed runway extension site at the Macon County Airport.
Airport [...]

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Airport chair respondsBy Colin McCandless
Airport authority chairman Milles Gregory provided background on the history and current status of the proposed Macon County Airport runway extension project to county commissioners at their March 9 meeting.
Debate on the long-running project goes back as far as 1998. Concerns about expanding the present 4,400-foot runway 600 feet and widening [...]

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Some area residents mistakenly attend ‘public hearing’ at airportThursday, 05 March 2009
Local group forming in opposition of the proposed runway extension
This 1764 map illustrates the area of Macon County and surrounding counties where Cherokee village sites used to be. The Iotla Valley site, Hveree, is where the Macon County Airport was built.By Tony Wheeler & [...]

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Lynne Harlan • published February 27, 2009 12:15 am
This April, the Eastern Band of Cherokee in North Carolina and the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma will meet in Joint Council at Red Clay, Tenn. This meeting marks the 25th anniversary of their first Joint Council after the removal of the Cherokee on the Trail of Tears [...]

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Cherokee Chief Michell Hicks responds to Macon County airport project Thursday, 19 February 2009
Chief Michell HicksBy Marla Dalrymple Staff Writer
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Principal Chief Michell Hicks announced this week that the tribe has rejected a proposed Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) meant to coordinate a runway expansion at the [...]

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Tribe waives sales tax for some veteransBy TEDDYE SNELL Press Staff Writer
TAHLEQUAH DAILY PRESS — Cherokee Nation tribal councilors passed a legislative act Monday night that prohibits the collection of sales tax from 100 percent permanently disabled veterans.
The act will provide for a sales tax exemption for qualifying veterans making purchases at Cherokee Nation [...]

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