Miss Cherokee report for December

   By TAYLOR WILNOTY MISS CHEROKEE   Shiyo nigada! Hello everyone! I hope you all enjoyed your holidays as much as I did! I have been very busy between my duties as Miss Cherokee and spending time with my family for the holidays. It has been such an amazing...

COMMENTARY: “Redskins”: Just a name?

  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...

Rosemary (Walkingstick) Cucumber – obituary

  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. ...