Cherokee Nation selects its RTR participants

  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...

Nancy Edwina Jumper Poncho – obituary

  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...

Lassiter sentenced in Littlejohn case

  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...