Chief Hicks received his BS in Business Management in 1987 from Western Carolina University, and became a CPA in 1994. He was elected Principal Chief in 2003 and re-elected in 2007 and 2011.

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NC People | Michell Hicks, Principal Chief, Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation

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