by admin | Oct 13, 2017 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
  CULLOWHEE – Western Carolina University commemorated its long-lasting relationship with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians by affixing a name from Cherokee legend onto a campus housing facility in a ceremony Tuesday, Oct. 10, rededicating the building as...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by admin | Oct 13, 2017 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
  DENVER, Colo. – The 40th American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Annual Conference in Denver, Colo. included the following representatives from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians – Carmaleta Monteith, Tracy Monteith, Savannah Hicks,...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by admin | Oct 13, 2017 | OBITUARIES
  Charles Steven (Chuck) Lambert, 54, of Bryson City, went home to be with the Lord, Thursday October 12, 2017. A native of Swain County, he was the son of the late David Eugene and Golinda Saunooke Lambert. In addition to his parents, he is also preceded in...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by admin | Oct 13, 2017 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
  I am greatly honored to represent our Nation as the 2017-18 Teen Miss Cherokee. I am very thankful for all the support from family and friends and I am blessed to receive such positive comments from members of the community. I am excited to be an ambassador for...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by admin | Oct 13, 2017 | OPINIONS
Observations and random thoughts. Volume 25.1.   By WILLIAM LEDFORD   I pride myself on having an excellent sense of humor. Whether anyone else agrees is beside the point, opinions are like a certain point of anatomy, but I have to say this, I just don’t get...