WCU, OICA announce Poster Contest Winners

     For the upcoming Native American Expo, scheduled for Nov. 7-9 at Western Carolina University, WCU’s Sequoyah Distinguished Professor, Cherokee Studies Program and the Oconaluftee Institute for Cultural Arts at Southwestern Community College sponsored a...

Pendergraft recognized for role of ‘Alice’

SUBMITTED By SHAN GOSHORN               TULSA, Okla. – Neosha Pendergraft, an EBCI tribal member, received an annual Rubye Award from Encore! Theatre Production Company in Tulsa, Okla. on Sunday, Sept. 25.  She won the prestigious award, voted on by patrons, in...

WCU a sponsor of art contest on what it means to be Native

     CULLOWHEE – “Contemporary Native American Life” is the theme of an arts competition sponsored by Western Carolina University, Southwestern Community College and the Oconaluftee Institute for Cultural Arts in Cherokee.      The contest is open to kindergarten...