CIPD Arrest Report for Aug. 7-14

CIPD Arrest Report for Aug. 7-14

The following people were arrested by the Cherokee Indian Police Department and booked into the Anthony Edward Lossiah Justice Center. It should be noted that the following defendants have only been charged with the crimes listed and should be presumed innocent until...
OBITUARY: Isaac Climbingbear Sr.

OBITUARY: Isaac Climbingbear Sr.

Isaac Climbingbear Sr., 64, of the Big Cove Community, went home to join his wife Myrna Climbingbear on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. In addition to his wife, he was also preceded in death by his parents, Henderson Sr. and Idell Hammonds Climbingbear; brothers, Eli...
Planning updates for 2022 Cherokee Indian Fair

Planning updates for 2022 Cherokee Indian Fair

By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Staff   The planning of this year’s Cherokee Indian Fair, the largest annual event for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), scheduled for Oct. 4-8, was delayed at first but is now moving forward.  With the Cherokee Indian...

COMMENTARY: A stolen legacy, 72 years of 0ppression

By ANILE LOCUST United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians elder   This is in response to the editorial that was published in the July 20-26 edition of the Cherokee One Feather, “What’s in a name? We should be the Eastern Cherokee Nation”. Your words are well...