Sarah Stacke

Richard G. Sneed, then Principal Chief of the EBCI, on the athletic field at Cherokee Central Schools, where he taught vocational education before entering politics. Sneed also worked as a pastor in Cherokee for 14 years. In a statement in the One Feather newspaper, Sneed said acquiring cultural and historic lands is part of a plan to “create a cultural corridor that preserves and protects historic sites for the Eastern Band,” a process that “will continue until all of our lands that are important to us are protected and preserved.” September 22, 2020.