On August 7, the EBCI Tribal Council declared Dr. Brett Riggs an honorary member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians for his forty years of “leading archaeology work that has uncovered vast amounts of history of the Cherokee in North Carolina.” (Photo by Chi Shipman, Qualla Boundary Public Library)
For more information: https://www.wcu.edu/stories/posts/News/2025/08/wcus-brett-riggs-named-honorary-member-of-ebci.aspx