The former leader of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation’s tribal council, John “Blackfeather” Jeffries, died earlier this week. A release on Thursday from the tribal nation — which is part of the Orange, Alamance and Caswell county communities — shared that Jeffries passed on Tuesday, January 24. “The entire Tribal Nation, Indian Country, … Continue reading Former Occaneechi Tribal Leader, Hillsborough Resident John Jeffries Dies