by admin | Jul 13, 2023 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Asst. Editor CHEROKEE, N.C. – Voters of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) will have three fewer referendum items to vote on during the upcoming September General Election. During its regular session on Thursday, July...
by admin | Jul 13, 2023 | General Announcements
GATLINBURG, Tenn.— Great Smoky Mountains National Park is using nearly $19 million in funding from the Great American Outdoors Act to reconstruct Lakeview Drive and repair Heintooga Ridge Road this summer. “We are pleased to have this opportunity to rehabilitate and...
by admin | Jul 11, 2023 | OBITUARIES
Darlene Lossiah, known to everyone as Squinnie, passed away on Saturday, July 8, 2023. She graduated from Cherokee High School in 1973 and was a proud Lady Brave basketball player. She worked for many years as a teacher’s aide in the Cherokee school system where she...
by admin | Jul 11, 2023 | OPINIONS
To My Tribe, With the passing of the 4th of July, I am reminded of what the 4th is supposed to mean. It is supposed to be a day that symbolizes independence, but this is complicated in Indian Country, because it really represents the freedom of the US from Britain,...
by admin | Jul 11, 2023 | OPINIONS
Note: This letter to the community, dated Monday, July 10, was provided to the One Feather for publication. Dear EBCI community, I am writing to you as the Chairwoman of the Qualla Enterprises, LLC Board of Managers. We are united in this response. Four of us are...