Mountain Heritage Day celebrates 40th year at WCU

CULLOWHEE – Thousands gather on the Western Carolina University campus in Cullowhee each year on the last Saturday in September to be a part of the region’s rich history of mountain culture at Mountain Heritage Day. This year, those attending on Saturday, Sept. 27,...

Local man heads to Sleepy Hollow

By AMBLE SMOKER ONE FEATHER STAFF   Will Harris, an EBCI tribal member from Cherokee, was recently cast in an upcoming episode of the TV series “Sleepy Hollow” to play Frank, a Shaman Biker in the Shawnee Biker Club. “It was a great experience,” said Harris...

Air Supply to play Harrah’s Cherokee

In 1980, Air Supply  signed with Arista Records and “Lost in Love” became the fastest selling single in the world and leaped to the top of the charts. “Lost in Love,” “All Out of Love,” “The One That You Love,”...

Author: Cherokee Little People are real

By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   Stories of the Cherokee Little People permeate the mountains of western North Carolina, and Cherokee people believe that they are real.    Area author Mary Joyce states she has proof of their existence in her new book...