by admin | Jun 30, 2026 | OPINIONS
Hello everyone, This is my Council Report for the month of June. I apologize for the delay in submitting this month’s report, and I will work to ensure timelier submissions and publications moving forward. As summer settles in, I encourage everyone to slow down and...
by admin | Jun 30, 2026 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
By ANN TOINEETA One Feather Intern CHEROKEE, N.C. – Members of the Kituwah Preservation & Education Program (KPEP) and the Cherokee Language Masters Apprentice Program (CLMAP) – both programs of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians...
by admin | Jun 29, 2026 | OBITUARIES
Lillie Mae George Larch, 88, of Cherokee, N.C., passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 28, 2026, at Tsali Care Center, surrounded by her children. Lillie was the daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin George and Sallie Mae Seay, and she was born in Cherokee, N.C., on...
by admin | Jun 29, 2026 | OBITUARIES
Jean Marie (Derry) Curren was born July 1, 1932 to Albert and Irene Derry and raised in Newtown, Pa. After a long battle with illness, she fell asleep in death peacefully on Thursday, June 11, 2026, at the age of 93, in Sylva, N.C. She is preceded in death by her...
by admin | Jun 29, 2026 | OBITUARIES
Aug. 2, 1938 – June 25, 2026 Commander Lewis Hamilton Harding, Sr., age 87, passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 25, 2026, in his beloved hometown of Cherokee, N.C. An enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), a highly decorated naval...
