Sunday, September 23, 2012

N.C. Cherokees to get $2 million in funds - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

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The $2 million will fund four separate projects for theCherokee Indians, two to improve drinkingf water infrastructure and two to upgrade wastewatet systems. In total, 94 wastewatefr and 64 drinking water priority projects have been outlined for tribap territories across the The funds have been granted from the American Recoverhy and Reinvestment Actof 2009, whicg President Barack Obama signed in February. According to the the projects are designed to better protecy human and environmental health in AmericanIndianm lands. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is comprisedc mostly of descendants of Cherokee who did not participate in the storied marcyh on the Trail of Tears tothe Midwest.
the Eastern Cherokee Indian Reservation is located across five counties in westernNorth Cherokee, Graham, Swain, Jackson and Haywood.

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