While I strongly recommend you contact the tribal council before taking a firearm onto their land, here is the Eastern Cherokee criminal law code concerning firearms:
ARTICLE VIII. WEAPONS OFFENSES
Sec. 14-34.1. Educational property.
(a) The following definitions apply in this section:
(1) Educational property. Any school building or bus, school campus, grounds, recreational area, athletic field, or other property owned, used or operated by any board of education, school, college or university.
(2) Student. A person enrolled in school, college or university, or a person who has been suspended or expelled within the last five years from a school, college or university, whether the person is an adult or minor.
(3) Switchblade knife. A knife containing a blade or blades which open automatically by the release of a spring or a similar contrivance.
(4) Weapon. Any gun rifle, pistol, or other firearm of any kind, a knife, or any dynamite cartridge, bomb, grenade, mine, powerful explosive as defined in North Carolina law, BB gun, air rifle, air pistol, bowie knife, dark, dagger, slingshot, leaded cane, switchblade knife, blackjack, metallic knuckles, razors and razor blades (except solely for personal shaving), and any sharp- pointed or edged instrument except instructional supplies, unaltered nail files and clips and tools used solely for preparation of food, instruction, and maintenance, of educational property.
(b) It shall be a criminal offense for any person to posses or carry, whether openly, or concealed, any weapon on educational property.
(c) It shall be a criminal offense for any person to cause, encourage, or aid a minor who is less than 18 years old to possess or carry, whether openly or concealed, any weapon on educational property.
(d) This section shall not apply to:
(1) A weapon used solely for educational or school-sanctioned ceremonial purposes, or used in a school approved program conducted under the supervision of an adult whose supervision has been approved by the school authority.
(2) Armed forces personnel, officer and soldiers of the militia and national guard, law enforcement personnel, and any private police employed by an educational institution, when acting in the discharge of their official duties; or
(3) Home schools as defined under North Carolina Law.
(Ord. No. 117, 3-3-2000)
Sec. 14-34.2. Other assemblies.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to carry any gun, rifle, or pistol into any assembly where a fee has been charged for admission thereto, or into any establishment in which alcoholic beverages are consumed. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a criminal offense.
(b) This section shall not apply to the following:
(1) The owner or the lessee of the property or business establishment;
(2) A person participating in the event, if he is carrying a gun, rifle, or pistol with the permission of the owner, lessee or person or organization sponsoring the event; and
(3) Armed forces personnel, officer and soldiers of the militia and national guard, law enforcement personnel, and any private police employed by an educational institution, when acting in the discharge of their official duties.
(Ord. No. 117, 3-3-2000)
Sec. 14-34.3. Punishment.
Persons subject to the criminal jurisdiction of the Cherokee Court who violate the provisions of section 14-34.1 or 14-34.2 of this article shall be subject to punishment by a fine of up to $1,000.00, imprisonment for not more than one year for each offense, or both.
(Ord. No. 117, 3-3-2000)
Secs. 14-34.4—14-34.9. Reserved.
General Weapons Offenses
Sec. 14-34.10. Weapons offense.
(a) It shall be unlawful to:
(1) Have a dangerous weapon in one's actual possession while being addicted to any narcotic drug; or after having been declared mentally incompetent; or while being intoxicated or otherwise under the influence of alcoholic beverages or any other intoxicating substance, drug, or medicine; or while possessing the intent to unlawfully assault another; or while under the age of 16 years, and without the consent of his or her parent or guardian; or
(2) Carry a loaded firearm in a vehicle on a public road without lawful authority to do so; or to discharge any kind of firearm from a motor vehicle without lawful authority to do so; or to discharge a firearm from, upon or across any public highway without lawful authority to do so.
(b) Definitions:
(1) Dangerous weapon means any item that in the manner of its use or intended use is capable of causing death or serious bodily injury. In determining whether an item, object or thing not commonly known as a dangerous weapon is a dangerous weapon, the character of the instrument, object or thing, the character of the wound produced, if any, and the manner in which the instrument, item or thing was used shall be determinative.
(2) Firearms means pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns, and any device that is capable of being used as a weapon because it expels a projectile by some means of force. A firearm or other weapon shall be deemed "loaded" when there is an unexpended cartridge, shell or projectile in the firing position, except in the case of pistols and revolvers in which case they shall be deemed "loaded" when an unexpended cartridge, shell or projectile is in such position as could be fired by one or more pulls of the trigger.
(3) Weapons offense shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $5,000.00, by a term of imprisonment not to exceed one year of both.
(Ord. No. 117, 3-3-2000)
Sec. 14-34.11. Aggravated weapons offense.
(a) It shall be unlawful to carry a dangerous weapon concealed on the person or to threaten to use or exhibit a dangerous weapon in a dangerous and threatening manner, or use a dangerous weapon in a fight or quarrel; or to possess a shotgun or rifle having a barrel or barrels of less than 16 inches in a length or an altered or modified shotgun or rifle less than 24 inches overall length.
(b) Aggravated weapons offense shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $5,000.00, by a term of imprisonment not to exceed one year, by exclusion for a period of not less than one nor more than five years, or by any combination of them.