Eastern Cherokee paper editor told to change jobs

Tuesday, November 6, 2007  

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina is telling its newspaper editor to change jobs or be forced to resign.

The tribe told Cherokee One Feather editor Joseph Martin to decide by next Monday if he wants to run the child day care operation. The move is being called an "involuntary transfer."

Martin said he's being forced out because he wrote columns in The Asheville Citizen-Times that have been critical of the tribal leadership. Also, Martin was recently forced to cut a column from the paper that aired critical views.

Martin has been editor at the Cherokee One Feather since 1996.

Get the Story:
Editor resists tribe job transfer (The Asheville Citizen-Times 11/6)

Relevant Links:
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians - http://www.cherokee-nc.com
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, site 2 - http://www.nc-cherokee.com
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, unofficial - http://www.easternband.com

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