by Anthony Brown | Feb 26, 2013 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
A new National Park Service report for 2011 shows that the 9,008,830 visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park spent $818 million in communities surrounding the park. This spending supported 11,732 jobs in the local area. “Visitors from across the U.S. come to...
by Anthony Brown | Feb 26, 2013 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JULIA QUEEN Millions of people around the world will be observing World Rare Disease Day on Thursday, Feb. 28. In the United State, a disease is considered rare if it affects fewer than 200,000 people. Some rare diseases are well known to the public....
by Anthony Brown | Feb 26, 2013 | OBITUARIES
Dakota(Sneed) Brewer, 97, formerly of Asheville, NC passed away peacefully on Feb. 20, 2013 at the Cherokee Hospital in Cherokee, NC. She was born on September 22, 1915 in Cherokee and is an EBCI tribal member. Dakota is preceded in death by her parents Manco and...
by Anthony Brown | Feb 26, 2013 | Happenings
The Sequoyah Birthplace Museum, located just off Highway 411 on Highway 360 in Vonore, is the state’s only tribally-owned historical site. It was built to honor the Cherokee Sequoyah, who in 1821 created a Syllabary, or way of reading and writing the Cherokee...
