by admin | Jan 21, 2025 | General Announcements
WNC Communities has opened this year’s application cycle for the George H.V. Cecil Journey Scholarship. From now until March 17, qualifying high school seniors may apply for one of several scholarships available, ranging in amount from $1,250 to $2,500. Scholarships...
by admin | Jan 20, 2025 | OPINIONS
By ROBERT JUMPER Tutiyi (Snowbird) and Clyde, N.C. We have struggled for several years in attempts to create a constitution “by the people for the people”. The most recent failed attempt was six years in the making. The proposed constitution, was approved by...
by admin | Jan 20, 2025 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
Submitted by Museum of the Cherokee People CHEROKEE, N.C. – Museum of the Cherokee People has announced the new exhibition ᏅᏬᏘ Nvwoti: Healing is Culture, on view now at Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority (CIHA). Presented in collaboration with...
by admin | Jan 19, 2025 | OBITUARIES
Mary Jo Rogers, 92, of Cherokee, N.C., passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, after a long illness. She went to her forever home to be with the Lord. Mary Jo was a full-blooded enrolled member of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians (EBCI). Born on June 9, 1932,...
by admin | Jan 19, 2025 | OBITUARIES
Janice Gayle (Smith) Wilnoty, age 53, of the Big Cove Community, passed away on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025 at Mission Hospital. She is the daughter of the late Vaughn Smith and Malinda Smith-Mahan She enjoyed her culture, which included weaving baskets and making pottery....
