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’...

5th Annual Southeast Tribes Festival

WHO:  The original American Indian people of the southeast WHAT: Southeast Tribes Festival WHEN: Friday and Saturday September 17-18, 2010 WHERE: Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds, Hwy 441 Cherokee NC HOW:  Adults $7 all-day pass; children ages 6-12 $3; Children 5 and...