Dancing into Legacy: The Bottchenbaughs

Dancing into Legacy: The Bottchenbaughs

  By BROOKLYN BROWN One Feather Reporter   CHEROKEE, N.C. – Bernice and Rick Bottchenbaugh, elders of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) from Kolanvyi (Big Cove) and champion traditional powwow dancers, have been dancing with their children...
OBITUARY: Nancy Chiltoskie

OBITUARY: Nancy Chiltoskie

Nancy Chiltoskie, youngest daughter of Watty and Tennie Chiltoskie, passed away on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. Nancy grew up in the Big Y area before attending boarding schools in Georgia and Santa Fe, N.M. She graduated from Haskell Indian Junior College. In 1993, she...
OBITUARY: James Edwards Mills

OBITUARY: James Edwards Mills

Fisherman, husband, son, father, grandfather, friend, U.S. Public Health Service Captain, and founder of “Raven Fork Rods” James Edwards Mills, 84, of Whittier, N.C., passed away peacefully on Monday, June 16, 2025 after a brief and sharp bout with cancer. Jim spent...