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  The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians - Cherokee North Carolina
Today’s Eastern Band members are direct descendents of those who avoided the Cherokees’ forced removal to Oklahoma in the 1830’s the “Trail of Tears.” Their home today is the 56,000-acre Qualla Boundary in Western North Carolina adjacent to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
In 1868, a general council of the Eastern Cherokees was held to form a Tribal Government, and the new government was inaugurated December 1, 1870.
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) is a sovereign nation with a three-branch government: Executive Branch, headed by Principal Chief and Vice Chief; Legislative Tribal Council; and Judicial Branch.
www.cherokeesmokies.com /about_cherokee.html   (384 words)

  
  White Dove's Native American Indian Site Cherokee
The Eastern Band has more than ten thousand members, who are descended from approximately one thousand Cherokees who avoided forced removal in 1838 by claiming North Carolina citizenship under an earlier treaty or by taking refuge in and near the Great Smoky Mountains.
Cherokees residing on land ceded by the Treaty of New Echota, signed in 1835, were given two years to voluntarily remove to the West.
The Cherokee Nation is a source of people and identity for its members, many of whom live in the original territory of Cherokee Nation, which is located in fourteen counties of southern Oklahoma.
users.multipro.com /whitedove/encyclopedia/cherokee.html   (2042 words)

  
 Cherokee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Cherokee are a people native to North America who at time of European contact in the 16th century inhabited what is now the eastern and southeastern United States before most were forcefully moved to the Ozark Plateau.
Bands recognized by the United States government, but representing only 250,000 Cherokees, have headquarters in Tahlequah, Oklahoma (the Cherokee Nation), and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians and at Cherokee, North Carolina (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians).
Cherokees were displaced from their ancestral lands in North Georgia and the Carolinas because of rapidly expanding white population, as well as a Gold Rush around Dahlonega, Georgia in the 1830's.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cherokee   (1977 words)

  
 The Cherokee tribes of east and southeast United States
The Cherokee tribes are native to the North American continent.
Cherokee tribes that are state recognized have their headquarters in the states of Georgia, Missouri, and Alabama.
Chief Moytoy of Tellico agreed to be the emperor of Cherokee chiefs in 1730.
www.indians.org /articles/cherokee-tribes.html   (345 words)

  
 Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Advertising Case Study
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Advertising Case Study
The Eastern Band of Cherokee sought to increase tourism by distinguishing its offering from other area attractions, emphasizing Cherokee's dynamic history and culture.
While overall tourism in North Carolina declined by 8% in 2005, the Cherokee Levy increased 18% and event sales increased 40%.
www.thegossagency.com /results_cherokee.html   (83 words)

  
 Cherokee Roots ~ About Us - The History of the Cherokees
By the purchases of an agent, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians had acquired the right to possession of a t,act of land in North Carolina, and by the North Carolina Statute of 1866, they had acquired, with the approval of the United States Government, permission to remain in the State.
The lands now held in trust by the United States Government for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians comprises 56,572.80 acres of which is scattered over five counties and consists of 52 tracts or boundaries which are contained in 30 completely separated bodies of land.
Lands of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians were never owned by the Federal Government, but, were purchased by the Indians and are held in trust as a corporation with the United States Government.
www.cherokeeroots.com /about_history.html   (1625 words)

  
 Cherokee North Carolina::Government
Michael began employment with the Eastern Band in October of 1987.
Charlotte began employment with the Eastern Band in 1987.
The Eastern Band is 13,000 members strong and many of our enrolled members live on the Qualla Boundary.
www.cherokee-nc.com /government_main.php   (470 words)

  
 The blackfood indian tribe was nomadic and followed herds of buffalo.
Bands were social units of the Blackfoot that usually consists of between 80 and 240 people.
The band needed to be large enough to defend against enemies, but still small enough to be flexible.
The Blackfoot Indian tribes held a major tribal ceremony in the summer, for which all the bands came together.
www.indians.org /articles/blackfoot-indian-tribe.html   (362 words)

  
 Cherokee North Carolina Vacation
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Nation is one of the only three federally recognized Cherokee tribes.
Cherokee people were involved in creating the exhibit: elders as well as scholars consulted on the script; life size figures were created from full-body casts of local people; and many of the voices in the audio portions of the exhibit come from tribal members.
Cherokee descendants, whose ancestors were forcefully driven out of the mountains and marched 1,200 miles to Oklahoma, play important roles in the drama and in the many dances, highlighted by the colorful and world-famous Eagle Dance.
www.romanticsmokies.com /cherokee.html   (663 words)

  
 Eastern Band of Cherokee - Wastewater Discharge, (145-1 through 145-46)
The terms and conditions of the permit may be subject to modification and change by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians during the life of the permit as limitations or requirements as identified in Section 145-23 are modified and changed.
Persons or occupants of premises where wastewater is created or discharges shall allow the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, or its representatives, ready access at all reasonable times to all parts of the premises for purposes of inspection or sampling or in performance of any of their duties.
Such actions may be commenced in the Cherokee Indian Court against all persons subject to its jurisdiction while those not subject to the jurisdiction of the Cherokee Court may be subjected to the provisions of N.C.G.S. Section 160A-175 in the North Carolina Courts or the United States Courts, as may be appropriate.
www.nplnews.com /toolbox/tribal/83.html   (6691 words)

  
 Cherokee Indian Reservation in Western North Carolina
Here in their ancient homeland, the North Carolina Cherokee still compete in bowmanship and blowgun contests, they play the ancient game of Indian Ball and participate in other primitive games and dances that were begun centuries before the white man ventured into the region.
At the Indian Museum in Cherokee is the largest collection of artifacts of the Cherokee nation.
The Eastern Band are descendants of those Cherokee who, in the late 1830s, remained in the mountains of North Carolina rather than be forced to march along the infamous "Trail of Tears" to Oklahoma.
www.westernncattractions.com /cherres.htm   (312 words)

  
 AAA Native Arts - Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Decendants of the Eastern Band of Cherokee took refuge in the mountains to excape this forced removal.
Many thousands of Cherokee refused to abandon their homes and were forced to leave on foot by the US Army.
It was estimated that 13,000 Cherokee started this journey and that at least one-fourth died of hunger and exhaustion.
www.aaanativearts.com /printout42.html   (475 words)

  
 About The Eastern Band of Cherokee
Cherokee Heritage Trails (www.cherokeeheritagetrails.org) is one of the Blue Ridge Heritage Initiative's Web sites devoted to the culture of the southern Appalachians.
Cherokee guides in native costume explain their history, their culture and the lifestyle of their ancestors as Cherokee artists demonstrate their arts and crafts.
This tragic chapter in American and Cherokee history became known as the Trail of Tears, and culminated the implementation of the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which mandated the removal of all American Indian tribes east of the Mississippi River to lands in the West.
www.cherokeepreservationfdn.org /heritage.html   (1017 words)

  
 The Cherokee Code, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Ch. 95: Wages / Employment Rights
Indians are also entitled to the protection of the laws that the federal government has adopted to combat employment discrimination, and Tribal governments can and should play a role in the enforcement of those laws.
The Cherokee Court shall uphold the decision of the Commission unless it is demonstrated that the decision of the Commission is arbitrary, capricious or in excess of the authority of the Commission.
Further, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians possesses the inherent authority to exclude non-Indians from the territory of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, as well as the authority to place conditions on entry, on continued presence, and on conduct within its jurisdiction.
www.tribalresourcecenter.org /ccfolder/eccodech95wages.htm   (12737 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of North American Indians - - Cherokee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The United Band of Keetoowahs was organized among the Oklahoma Cherokees in the 1930s as a political entity and has held federal recognition since 1946.
Two other Oklahoma Cherokee groups, neither of which is a political entity, also use the name Keetoowah.
Duane H. King, ed., The Cherokee Indian Nation: A Troubled History (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1979); James Mooney, Myths of the Cherokee Bureau of American Ethnology, 19th Annual Report (Washington: Govt.
college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/naind/html/na_006500_cherokee.htm   (602 words)

  
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THE EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS The Eastern band of Cherokees has its origins in 1819 when a few Cherokee families left the main body of the tribe to settle outside the nation.
By the time of the removal, the Eastern Band claimed citizenship with the State of North Carolina and sought exemption through a clause in the Treaty of New Echota (1835) allowing any Indian to remain if they were "qualified" and "desirous to become citizens of the States where they reside".
The Eastern Band incorporated under North Carolina state law in 1889, but they continued to spend considerable time in court attempting to establish their status.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~hoopergrayson/Eastern%20Band%20Cherokees.txt   (439 words)

  
 Cherokee Genealogy
This is a very complex subject because the Cherokee Nation once encompassed parts of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, western West Virginia, southwestern Virginia, western North Carolina, northern Alabama, northwestern South Carolina and northern Georgia.
The issue is further complicated by the infamous removal of the Cherokee to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears in the late 1830s.
AboutCherokee.com is not part of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
www.aboutcherokee.com /enroll.html   (629 words)

  
 Programs
Enrollment in the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is governed by tribal ordinance 284 dated June 24, 1996 and
Cherokee and contains the name, birth date, Eastern Cherokee Blood quantum and roll number of the base enrollees.
The issue is further complicated by the infamous removal of the Cherokee to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears in the late 1830s.
www.nc-cherokee.com /howenroll.htm   (455 words)

  
 EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIAN CONTRIBUTES TO THE NEW YORK DISASTER RELIEF EFFORT THROUGH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS
CHEROKEE, NC—On September 12, 2001, during a routine working session of Tribal Council, discussions concerning the traumatic events of the previous day replaced the regular agenda for a time.
As with all Americans everywhere, members of the Eastern Band were, and still are in disbelief that this hideous act of terrorism could be committed against the strongest nation in the world.
Chief Jones was quoted as saying, “On behalf of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, we are honored to be able to present this contribution as a means of assistance for the innocent victims of the senseless acts of terrorism perpetrated upon the citizens of the United States.
www.pechanga.net /documents/eastern_band_of_cherokee_indian_.htm   (382 words)

  
 Waste Management in Indian Country - Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
When the federal RCRA Subtitle D landfill regulations went into effect, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, located in North Carolina, closed its landfill and constructed a transfer station.
As the first step, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians explored three disposal options: partnering with a private waste hauler or neighboring county to collect and haul waste off of the reservation, building a landfill on the reservation, or building a transfer station on the reservation.
The transfer trucks are weighed periodically on certified interstate weigh station scales and at the Palmetto landfill in South Carolina, which allows the tribe to ensure that the landfill and transfer station scales are properly calibrated.
www.epa.gov /tribalmsw/thirds/cherokee2.htm   (1046 words)

  
 Native Americans -- Cherokee Indians   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Cherokee legend says that the Cherokee came from the far away Northwest.
The two are the Eastern Band and the Western Band of Cherokee.
Author, Leah Montre, at the statue of Sequoyah at the Eastern Cherokee Reservation in North Carolina.
members.aol.com /tuckermice/cherokee.html   (872 words)

  
 Cherokee Messenger
Life of the traditional Cherokee remained unchanged as late as 1710, which is marked as the beginning of Cherokee trade with the whites.
The period of frontier contact from 1540-1786, was marked by white expansion and the cession of Cherokee lands to the colonies in exchange for trade goods.
Migration from the original Cherokee Nation began in the early 1800s as Cherokees wary of white encroachment moved west and settled in other areas of the country's vast frontier.
www.powersource.com /cherokee/history.html   (803 words)

  
 North-Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
At the time of first European contact, the Cherokee Indians were a settled agricultural people living in approximately 200 villages consisting of 30 to 60 houses and a large tribal council house.
The Cherokee tribe became known among the European settlers as "civilized" and was referred to as one of the "Five Civilized Tribes" that included the Muskogee-speaking Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole.
Cherokee mothers parented in a way that the harmony, or natural development of their children's lives, was promoted through passive forbearance.
mysite.verizon.net /vzepxrv5/nebci/id10.html   (2343 words)

  
 NC Cherokee Reservation Genealogy--Home Page
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians trace their descendancy from about 1,000 Cherokees who managed to elude this forced removal.
Remember, the Eastern Band of the Cherokee is a nation, the same way that the U.S.A., France, Italy and Germany are nations.
To be enrolled by the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma, an applicant must first prove ancestry to a person enrolled by Dawes.
www.rootsweb.com /~ncqualla   (542 words)

  
 Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee Welcome Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Georgia Cherokee's primary area of residence is in North Georgia, north of the Chattahoochee River, which comprises the original area occupied by their Cherokee ancestors prior to the forced removal of many of their kinsmen in 1838, known as the infamous
A large number came as gold miners and fortune seekers as a direct result of the State of Georgia sponsored Cherokee land and gold lotteries, which were held a full decade prior to the 1838 removal and designed to facilitate conflicts.
Most of the early settlers were single white men who married Cherokee wives and many produced large families of mixed blood children; consequently, those families of mixed heritage having a white as the head of household were exempt from the forced relocation and were in fact NOT removed as history has led most to believe.
www.georgiatribeofeasterncherokee.com /default2.htm   (543 words)

  
 AAA Native Arts - Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Enrollment Requirements   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Cherokee Nation once encompassed parts of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, western West Virginia, southwestern Virginia, western North Carolina, northern Alabama, northwestern South Carolina and northern Georgia.
Genealogy issues are further complicated by the infamous removal of the Cherokee to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears in the late 1830s.
Must possess at least 1/16th degree of Eastern Cherokee blood All criteria must be met in order to be eligible with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
mousepages.aaanativearts.com /printout1051.html   (170 words)

  
 Eagle Band Of Cherokee Of Idaho -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Langley Band of the Chickamogee Cherokee Indians of the...
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 Cherokee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The original location of the Cherokee was the southern Appalachian Mountains, including western North and South Carolina, northern Georgia and Alabama, southwest Virginia, and the Cumberland Basin of Tennessee, Kentucky, and northern Alabama.
Although the poor Cherokee still lived in simple log cabins, many Cherokee were more prosperous and 'civilized' than their increasingly envious white neighbors.
A Cherokee newspaper, The Phoenix, began publication in the native language in February, 1828.
www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/cultural/northamerica/cherokee.html   (371 words)

  
 North Carolina Smoky Mountains - The Qualla Boundary - Home of Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Nestled in the heart of the North Carolina's Great Smoky Mountains is the homeland of the Cherokee Indians, known as the Cherokee Indian Reservation.
Ancient figures and artifacts are blended with high-tech imagery to show their history at the Museum of the Cherokee Indians.
Cherokee is also internationally renown for their trout fishing waters.
www.visitsmokies.org /HeritageJourney/hj7.html   (245 words)

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