Eastern Band of Cherokee

The new Cherokee Language class is a four-course series that will count toward a full language college credit.

Recreational marijuana will be available for legal sale for the first time in North Carolina in September at the Eastern Band of Cherokee cannabis dispensary.

A tribal-owned medical marijuana dispensary in western North Carolina is also now selling products for adult recreational use.

A new exhibit at the Museum of the Cherokee People opens today. Called sov·er·eign·ty, the exhibit focuses on the autonomy of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. BPR’s Senior Regional Reporter Lilly Knoepp talked with the curators Director of Education Dakota Brown and Director of Collections Evan Mathis.

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.

Cherokee leaders have spent several months consulting with Lenovo-owned Motorola, which last week introduced a Cherokee language interface on its newest line of phones.

Voters will cast their ballots this week in elections for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians tribal government.Blue Ridge Public Radio’s Western North…

Voters will cast their ballots this week in elections for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians tribal government.Blue Ridge Public Radio’s Western North…

Two of the Carolinas' most prominent American Indian tribes are battling over geography and lucrative gambling turf.The Cherokee in North Carolina, with…

The Nikwasi Mound in downtown Franklin, North Carolina looks like a small, grass-covered hill, but for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians the site holds…