OBITUARY: Martin Willard Pepion

OBITUARY: Martin Willard Pepion

Martin Willard Pepion, age 47, Native to Cherokee, was called to his Heavenly home on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. He is the son of Julia and Kirk Lossiah. Also surviving are his children, Tyler Dean Pepion and Teanna Celine McCoy; grandsons, Tyler Pepion, Jesse Pepion,...
EBCI takes lead on ancestor reburials in Kentucky

EBCI takes lead on ancestor reburials in Kentucky

By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Asst. Editor   FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. – Over 50 Native American ancestors were reburied at an Army base and a national recreation area two years ago, and now a headstone inscribed with the Cherokee syllabary marks one of the sites.  In...
COMMENTARY: The Cherokee people should say no to pot

COMMENTARY: The Cherokee people should say no to pot

By U.S. Rep. CHUCK EDWARDS (R-N.C.)   Since 1996, Congress has shirked its responsibility to uphold the very laws it has passed regarding marijuana. More and more states are thumbing their proverbial noses at federal laws that declare pot as a Schedule 1...