Welcome!

Your Voice Matters. Your Vote Matters.

Our ancestors fought to keep our Tribe strong. Now it's our turn to honor them with a new generation of Cherokee Leadership. It is time for new directions and new beginnings. I appreciate your support, and I am ready to work to move our Tribe forward!

Cherokee Women Lead! 

Cherokee Women Have Always Led the Way

Cherokee Women have always held key leadership roles and have been strong leaders in our communities for thousands of years. Women were the heads of their families. Our clans are given to us by our mothers. In Cherokee culture, grandmothers and mothers made the big decisions for families and the whole Tribe.

Today, we need that same wisdom and strength in our government. Currently, 14 men represent our entire Tribe, with no mothers or grandmothers in key leadership roles. When you support women leaders, it’s not to be unfair to men. When you support women leaders, you follow our Cherokee culture and traditions. This is how Cherokee people have always lived. Women leading is not new for us - it's who we are.

If Elected Lavita Will

  • Work for you and generations to come

  • Learn and tell you the truth about Tribal business

  • Keep the EBCI respected and strong

  • Be your voice in government

  • Report back to you regularly on things that matter