by admin | Aug 15, 2026 | COMMUNITY sgadugi, Health
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Asst. Editor CHEROKEE, N.C. – The Cherokee Doula Program has been operating for over a year and is working diligently at bringing back a traditional practice aiding mothers and babies. In January 2025, The Center for...
by admin | Aug 14, 2026 | OBITUARIES
Merlina Joshua Sneed passed away peacefully on Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, in Cherokee, N.C., surrounded by her family. She was born on April 5, 1954, in Kolonia, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, to Yens and Melisda Lepot, being the ninth of eleven children. She...
by admin | Aug 14, 2026 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Asst. Editor CHEROKEE, N.C. – Just over a year ago, the Tohi Edasdi Recovery Community Center opened in Wayohi (Wolftown) and has hit the ground running providing services for the recovery community. Tohi Edasdi (“A place...
by admin | Aug 14, 2026 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Asst. Editor CHEROKEE, N.C. – The Timber Committee of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) met on Tuesday, Aug. 12 and discussed a variety of topics including the population of Hellbenders, harvesting various plants,...
by admin | Aug 13, 2026 | OPINIONS
By ROBERT JUMPER Tutiyi (Snowbird) and Clyde, N.C. We hear a bunch about traditional values when it comes to, well, most everything. Many have different perspectives on what that means. Very much like language, ask one language expert about a word or a phrase,...