LETTER: Reader provides thoughts on immigration

My thought for the month of June is immigration. The United States claims that 99 percent of its people are immigrants from another country. One percent of the people in America are Native Americas. To this day, Native Americans are known as Indians and are now even...

Cherokee Indian Fair theme contest extended

EBCI tribal members are being asked to come up with a theme for this year’s Cherokee Indian Fair.  A prize of $100 will be paid to the winning entry as selected by the 2014 Cherokee Indian Fair Committee.  Entrants under 18 years of age must have a parent or guardian...

Youth Garden Summer program kicks off

On Thursday evening, May 22, 60 people gathered at Kituwah Mound for a kick-off event for the Cherokee Youth Garden Summer Program.  The Cherokee Youth Garden is a program of Cherokee Choices Healthy Roots Project. The gardeners and their families met,shared a meal...