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Friday, November 14, 2003

President Bush signed the Department of Interior's appropriations act into law on Monday, authorizing a land swap benefiting the Eastern Cherokee Tribe of North Carolina.

The tribe will receive 143 acres in Great Smoky Mountains National Park for use as a tribal school. In exchange, the tribe is giving 218 acres to the National Park Service.

The land swap was opposed by conservation groups and was slipped into the Interior bill at the last minute.

Get the Story:
Cherokee land swap a go after Bush signs bill (AP 11/13)

DOI Budget Bill:
H.R.2691

DOI Conference Committee Report:
House Report. 108-330 | PDF Version Relevant Links:
Cherokee Land Exchange - http://www.npslandexchange.com
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians - http://www.cherokee-nc.com
Great Smoky Mountains National Park - http://www.nps.gov/grsm/index.htm
National Parks Conservation Association - http://www.eparks.org

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NPS holding meetings on Eastern Cherokee land swap (07/10)
Cherokee swap site home to rare species, artifacts (7/7)
NPS to hold public meetings on Cherokee land swap (6/30)
NPS doesn't oppose Eastern Cherokee land swap (6/19)
House committee to consider tribal bills (6/18)
Tribal school project on 'endangered' parks list (01/15)
Indian man resigning from Park Service (12/10)
NPS manager to quit over Cherokee swap (10/04)
Yellowstone bison death toll mounts (5/23)
Group cites tribal transfer as danger to park (3/26)
Cherokee tribe urges land swap (2/13)

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