Richard Sneed

Richard G. Sneed is the 28th Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.[1] Sneed succeeded former Principal Chief Chuck Lambert following Lambert's impeachment, only the second such impeachment since the 19th century.[2]

Richard Sneed
Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Assumed office
May 26, 2017
Preceded byChuck Lambert
Personal details
Spouse(s)Trina Sneed
EducationUniversal Technical Institute
Southwestern Community College, North Carolina

Personal life

Richard Sneed is a graduate of Cherokee High School in Cherokee, North Carolina. His family is from the Wolfetown Community of the Qualla Boundary. Sneed is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, and a graduate of Universal Technical Institute in Phoenix, Arizona, and Southwestern Community College in Sylva, North Carolina. He holds a North Carolina teaching license in industrial arts. Sneed taught vocational classes at Cherokee High School where he was recognized as National Classroom Teacher of the Year by the National Indian Education Association. Sneed has also served as the senior pastor of the Christ Fellowship Church of Cherokee. Sneed and his wife Trina reside in the Birdtown Community of the Qualla Boundary where they raised their five children. [3]

Appointment

Sneed began his services as an elected tribal leader for the tribe after winning election as principal vice-chief in September 2015 and assumed office in October 2015.[4] Formerly, Chuck Lambert was serving as the 27th Principal Chief but Sneed began service as principal chief on in May 2017 after his predecessor was impeached and removed by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Council.[5] In September 2017, Yellowhill Tribal Council member Alan B. Ensley assumed the principal vice-chief title left vacant after Sneed became principal chief.[6] Speaking to WLOS in 2017, Sneed most recently called for community "healing" following Lambert's removal.[7]

References
  1. "Government - Eastern Band of Cherokee". Eastern Band of Cherokee. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  2. "Tribal Council Removes Cherokee Chief From Office". U.S. News and World Report. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  3. "Vice Chief visits SCC, agrees to serve as mentor in new program". Cherokee One Feather. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  4. "Lambert, Sneed take office". The Cherokee One Feather. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  5. "Tribal Council votes to impeach Cherokee chief". Citizen Times. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  6. Scott McKie (18 September 2017). "Ensley chosen as Vice Chief". Cherokee One Feather. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
  7. Hodge, Rex. "New Cherokee chief calls for healing after impeachment of Chuck Lambert". WLOS. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
Preceded by
Patrick Lambert		 Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
2017-Present		 Succeeded by
Present
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