Swain County Sheriff Curtis Cochran retires while facing multiple sex crimes charges. NC, tribal and federal authorities ...

Authorities arrested a Western North Carolina sheriff Friday over alleged crimes including sexual battery and corruption ...

The Lumbee have been accustomed to living in this federal limbo, which has been their state for more than half a century.

Chief Michell Hicks of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians says that a “diligent process” must be in place, and he worries about how this order could erode the current method of recognition.

Teachers, adults made racist gestures, threats to Cherokee High girls’ basketball players in NC, Principal Chief Michell Hicks said.

“Their response was not only unsportsmanlike — it was hateful,” Hicks said. Michell Hicks is principal chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

That, combined with comments made on social media about the team, caused a reaction from Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Principal Chief Michell Hicks. He wrote the following statement to News 13: ...