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Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians


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  • Codes

    • n-us-nc
  • Variants

    • Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina
    • E.B.C.I.
    • EBCI
    • Eastern Band of Cherokees
    • North Carolina Cherokees
    • Eastern Cherokees of North Carolina
    • Cherokees Residing in the State of North Carolina
    • Carolina Cherokees
    • Eastern Cherokees
    • Cherokees of Carolina
    • Eastern Band of Cherokees of North Carolina
    • Cherokee Tribe of North Carolina
    • Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation
    • Eastern Band of Cherokee Nation
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    • Earlier Established Forms

      • Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina
    • Sources

      • found: The Official guide to Cherokee ...
      • found: Indian reservations, c1986:p. 206 (since 1889, the Eastern Band of Cherokees has operated as a recognized tribe under a North Carolina State Charter)
      • found: Letter of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs ... claims of the North Carolina Cherokees, 1875:p. 1 (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina) p. 8 (Eastern Cherokees of North Carolina)
      • found: Eastern Band of Cherokees, 1878?:p. 1 (Cherokees residing in the State of North Carolina; Carolina Cherokees) p. 2 (Eastern Cherokees; Cherokees of Carolina)
      • found: MoSU-L/Nat. Am. files(usage: Eastern Band of Cherokees of North Carolina)
      • found: Indian tribes of the southern U.S., 1981:p. ii (Cherokee Tribe of North Carolina)
      • found: The Cherokee Code, 2005:t.p. (publisher: Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) p. v. (Current Officials of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation)
      • found: BIA Indian entities, Nov. 25, 2005(Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina) August 10, 2012 (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)
      • found: Hodge. Hdbk. of N. Am. Indians ... 1907(under Cherokee: Cherokees who refused to comply with the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and took refuge in the mountains until 1842 when they received permission to remain on lands set apart for their use in w. North Carolina)
      • found: Wikipedia, Aug. 3, 2011(The Cherokee (Tsalagi) are a Native American people historically settled in the Southeastern United States (principally Georgia, the Carolinas and East Tennessee). According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the Cherokee Nation is the largest of the 565 federally recognized Native American tribes in the United States. Of the three federally recognized Cherokee tribes, the Cherokee Nation and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians have headquarters in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. They were forcibly relocated there in the 1830s. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is located on the Qualla Boundary in western North Carolina)
      • found: Its Web site, Nov. 13, 2007(Eastern Band of Cherokee Nation)
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    • Change Notes

      • 1980-05-16: new
      • 2013-03-09: revised
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