Tribal member to run Benge Route of Trail of Tears

by admin | Dec 12, 2017 | SPORTS di-ne-lv-di-yi

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   Around 1,200 Cherokee people walked from an area near Fort Payne, Ala. to Oklahoma on what is known as the Benge Route of the Trail of Tears.  Kallup McCoy II, an EBCI tribal member, is going to run that route this...

FOOTBALL: Coach Briggs named co-SMC Coach of the Year, numerous players named All-Conference

by admin | Dec 12, 2017 | SPORTS di-ne-lv-di-yi

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF    Just days after claiming its first-ever state football title, accolades began flowing in for the Cherokee Braves football team.  Kent Briggs was named co-Smoky Mountain Conference Coach of the Year along with David...

EDITORIAL: One meaningful gift you could give for your family this Christmas

by admin | Dec 12, 2017 | OPINIONS

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   “Strange, isn’t it? Each man’s life touches so many other lives. When he isn’t around he leaves an awful hole.” – Clarence the Angel in the 1946 film “It’s a Wonderful Life” I don’t mean to be a downer in the...

Ribbon-Cutting ceremony set for Snowbird Treatment Center

by admin | Dec 11, 2017 | NEWS ka-no-he-da

  SNOWBIRD – Cherokee Indian Hospital will be a hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, Dec. 18 at 2pm at the new Snowbird Residential Treatment Center – Kanvwotiyi. Kanvwotiyi, in the Cherokee language, means “place where one is healed”. This facility...

ON THE SIDELINES: Cherokee fans won’t get a ring, but they deserve one

by admin | Dec 11, 2017 | SPORTS di-ne-lv-di-yi

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   The Cherokee Braves hoisted the 1A State Championship trophy on Saturday, Dec. 9 in a wet, snowy, and cold Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh.  The trophy was easy to lift because not only the players were helping to...