OBITUARY: Kathy “Momma Hatt” West

OBITUARY: Kathy “Momma Hatt” West

Kathy “Momma Hatt” West, 66, of the Big Cove Community, went home to be with the Lord Sunday Dec. 31, 2023. A native of Cherokee, she was the daughter of the late Jimmy West and Lawanda Davis Jackson and step-daughter of the late Marvin Jackson and Dorothy West. In...
Effort to restore Kuwohi name moving forward

Effort to restore Kuwohi name moving forward

By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Asst. Editor   CHEROKEE, N.C. – The effort by two Cherokee women to restore the name of Kuwohi to an area in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is now one step closer to coming to fruition.  The Tribal Council of the Eastern...
OBITUARY: Louise Ann Reed

OBITUARY: Louise Ann Reed

Louise Ann Reed, 65 of the Snowbird Community, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, at Cherokee Indian Hospital, surrounded by her loving family.  She was born Sept. 16, 1958, to the late McKinley Reed and Susie Roxie Wachacha, in Chicago, Ill. She graduated...