Elders honored at Fair

   Text by Robin Bailey-Callahan Cherokee Choices Program Photos courtesy of Robin Swayney       The 97th Annual Elder’s Day at the Indian Fair was blessed with beautiful Fall weather and filled with interactive entertainment. Elders received a gift of an insulated...

Obits week of Oct 13, 2009

Hardin McKinnely Locust   Hardin McKinnely Locust, 57 of Cherokee, North Carolina died on Thursday, October 1, 2009 at Decedent’s Son’s Residence in Gastonia, NC. Born Sunday, January 27, 1952 in Cherokee, NC. He was the husband of Nellene Locust Cole of Whittier, NC....

Rachel Hicks named Miss Cherokee

Submitted by Jean Bushyhead          New Miss Cherokee 2009, Rachel Elizabeth Hicks, took over the reigns of ambassador for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians a the Miss Cherokee silver crown was placed on her head by Miss Cherokee 2008, Amanda Awee Wolfe on...