Cherokee History Talk being held at Cowee Mound

  Celebrating 20 years of conservation, Mainspring Conservation Trust is hosting 20 events in 2017, including “A Walk Back in Time: Cherokee History in the Southern Blue Ridge”. Tom Belt, a Western Carolina University faculty member and Cherokee Nation...

Cherokee announces valedictorian, salutatorian

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   Cherokee High School has announced its top two students for the Class of 2017.  Richard James Smith has been selected as the valedictorian and Kendra Ayanna Panther is the salutatorian.  They will be honored and give...

Heath “Ty” Oocumma – obituary

  Heath “Ty” Oocumma, 41, of Cherokee, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at the Cherokee Indian Hospital. Ty was a fluent Cherokee speaker, former member of Birdtown Crossing drum group, former member of Warriors of AniKituhwa, former employee of the...