by admin | Mar 27, 2017 | Health, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF In a surprising turn of events, House Republicans cancelled a vote on Friday, March 24 on the American Health Care Act (AHCA), President Trump’s replacement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), aka Obamacare. Many in...
by admin | Mar 27, 2017 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF There will be at least three new faces around the horseshoe following this fall’s Tribal Council election. Vice Chairman Brandon Jones, Big Cove Rep. Teresa McCoy, and Yellowhill Rep. B. Ensley have all decided not...
by admin | Mar 23, 2017 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation has selected 10 cyclists for its 2017 Remember the Removal Bike Ride this June. The ride allows young Cherokees to retrace the northern route of the Trail of Tears by bicycle. The 10 cyclists, ages 16-24, started training...
by admin | Mar 22, 2017 | OBITUARIES
Nancy Edwina Jumper Poncho, 59, of Cherokee, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, March 19, 2017 at the Cherokee Indian Hospital. She was born Aug. 21, 1957 in Swain County to the late Ute Jumper Jr. and Lily Sampson Wolfe. Nancy worked at the Day Care and at...
by admin | Mar 22, 2017 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Aubrey Kina-Marie Littlejohn, a 15-month-old EBCI tribal member, was pronounced dead at the Cherokee Indian Hospital on the morning of Jan. 10, 2011. Now, more than six years later, a Department of Social Services...