ICT - National - Southeast http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/southeast RSS Feed for ICT - National - Southeast en-us Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT Distinguished professor and author to accept award http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/southeast/88575842.html SYLVA, N.C. – Robert J. Conley, Cherokee, is the Sequoyah Distinguished Professor of Cherokee Studies at Western Carolina University, a novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist and the author of more than 80 books. Tribes need to prepare for inflationary future http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/southeast/88392222.html NEW ORLEANS – American Indian tribes achieving unprecedented economic progress in the past decade now must brace themselves for future inflation, delegates attending a recent Native American finance conference were warned. Harrah’s Cherokee to open Paula Deen’s Kitchen http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/southeast/87796057.html CHEROKEE, N.C. – Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel [] recently announced its partnership with Paula Deen Enterprises and the opening in late 2010 of Paula Deen’s Kitchen, the property’s first new restaurant to be introduced as part of a $633 million, three-year expansion program. Cherokee Nation doctor assists Haitian refugees http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/southeast/87133142.html SANFORD, Fla. – A Cherokee Nation physician was among a team of medical professionals recently sent to Florida to assist in the effort to provide care to refugees arriving from Haiti after that country’s devastating earthquake. 3 Va. tribes gain state recognition http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/southeast/86633287.html RICHMOND, Va. – The Virginia Indian Patawomeck Tribe has ended a 16-year battle for state recognition in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Approximately one week after an appearance by Patawomeck tribal member and entertainer Wayne Newton, the Virginia House and Senate approved HJ 150 granting the tribe state recognition and a seat on the Virginia Council on Indians. Office Depot Foundation honors Navajo code talkers http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/southeast/86631632.html BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Office Depot Foundation – the independent, nonprofit foundation that serves as the primary charitable giving arm of Office Depot – has recognized the legendary Navajo code talkers with the organization’s highest honor: the “Listen Learn Care Award.” Salt River Devco to build first Marriott on tribal land http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/southeast/85949402.html BETHESDA, Md. – Salt River Devco, an enterprise of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, has signed a hotel management agreement with Marriott International to manage the first Marriott-branded hotel on U.S. tribal land. The Courtyard by Marriott will be located on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community just outside of Scottsdale, Ariz. at the intersection of Jackrabbit and Pima roads with access off the Loop 101 Freeway at McDonald. The hotel will open in 2012. American Indian College Fund appoints experienced fundraiser http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/southeast/85846637.html DENVER – The American Indian College Fund appointed Eric Anderson to the position of vice president for resource development. VeeQuiva awards second Megajackpot this year http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/southeast/84958122.html LAVEEN, Ariz. – Adeline Blackwell won $112,915 when she hit a Wheel of Fortune quarters MegaJackpot at Gila River’s Casino VeeQuiva Jan. 23. Hotel shuttle drivers help evacuate elderly http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/southeast/84958002.html CAMP VERDE, Ariz. – Cliff Castle Casino Hotel shuttle drivers are used to helping hotel and casino guests get to their destinations, but they found themselves helping evacuate elderly members of the surrounding community in Camp Verde Jan. 21 and 22 as flood waters swept through the area.