Letter of the Law: A review of Standing Bear is a Person

REVIEWED By DR. HONEY DAWN KARIMA PETTIGREW  Court TV. Law and Order. Cold Case. Some of the most popular dramatic programs on television today are those that deal with the activities of the legal system. Recently, the public has been intrigued by high-profile court...

Windblown: A review of Only the Wind Remembers

REVIEWED By DR. HONEY DAWN KARIMA PETTIGREW During the twentieth century, Ishi, the sole surviving member of the Yahi tribe, inspired the imagination of America. Marlo Schalesky’s recent novel, Only the Wind Remembers, expands on the life of this historical...

10th Anniversary for Swain County Center for the Arts

 By EUGENIA L. JOHNSON   Swain County Center for the Arts will celebrate its tenth anniversary with an evening of storytelling, music, art, door prizes and fun for all on Saturday, Sept. 25.  The festivities begin with a fundraiser dinner in the high school cafeteria...

New Documentary has Cherokee Influence

Whatever you think a documentary about the Blue Ridge Parkway would be – this probably isn’t what you would expect. It is definitely not a travelogue. Documentary filmmaker Bruce Bowers and Bowers Media Group, Inc., present a film entitled, the Parkway, but Bowers’...