by admin | Jun 24, 2021 | General Announcements
CULLOWHEE – Western Carolina University will award approximately $3.775 million in federal Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds (HEERF III) to students this summer. WCU is allocating the funds immediately to be utilized toward student success initiatives,...
by admin | Jun 24, 2021 | General Announcements
CULLOWHEE – With the popular Mountain Heritage Day community festival returning to campus at Western Carolina University on Saturday, Sept. 25, nominations are being sought for Mountain Heritage Awards to honor an individual and an organization for contributions to...
by admin | Jun 23, 2021 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
WASHINGTON — In remarks to the National Congress of American Indians 2021 Mid-Year Conference on Tuesday, June 22, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced a Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, a comprehensive review of the troubled legacy of...
by admin | Jun 22, 2021 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. – Kituwah, LLC and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) announced on Tuesday, June 22 the first details for the 200-acre development at Exit 407 in Sevierville, Tenn. The project, previously referred to simply as Project 407, has been named...
by admin | Jun 22, 2021 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Staff The late Wilma Mankiller, the first female elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, once said, “The secret of our success is that we never, never give up.” It was that tenacity that helped Chief...