by Anthony Brown | Jan 5, 2015 | OPINIONS
By LT. COL. (Ret.) KINA SWAYNEY How would you define yourself? Native American, American Indian, Indian, Native, Indigenous, Aboriginal? What about “redskin”? By definition, it’s a dictionary-defined, racial slur that’s become an institutionalized...
by Anthony Brown | Jan 5, 2015 | OBITUARIES
Christophor Taylor (Skeeter) Sneed, 28, of Cherokee, passed away unexpectedly on Dec. 31, 2014 at the Med West Harris Hospital in Sylva. Christophor is the son of James “Jimmy” Sneed and step-mother Shannon of Cherokee and mother Cindee Vitto of...
by Anthony Brown | Jan 5, 2015 | OBITUARIES
Starlene Elizabeth (Swayney) Balderas, 42, of 37 River Park Rd., Cullowhee, and a member of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, Dec. 29, 2014 at the Med West Harris Hospital in Sylva. Starlene was the daughter of the late...
by Anthony Brown | Jan 5, 2015 | OBITUARIES
Rosemary (Walkingstick) Cucumber, 55, of 22 Medicine Woman Rd. in Cherokee passed away on Saturday, Dec. 27 following a brief illness at the Cherokee Indian Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Joe Mike Walkingstick and Rosie Hornbuckle of Cherokee, NC. ...
by Anthony Brown | Jan 5, 2015 | OBITUARIES
Osceola “Ossie” Smith, 81, of Cherokee, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014 following a hospitalization at Cherokee Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Charles and Elma (Arch) Smith. Ossie was a member of the Yellowhill Baptist Church. ...
