WCU hosts photo exhibit focusing on Trail of Tears

CULLOWHEE – Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center will display a photography exhibit focusing on the Trail of Tears in the museum’s Gallery C through Sept. 30.             Including 50 contemporary photographs by David G. Fitzgerald, the collection...

Writers and Artists Wanted for Publication

Faolan Grady, an EBCI tribal member  of the Yellowhill Community, is calling for short stories, poetry, essays, and artwork (including photography) submissions for a literary magazine that he will assemble for publication at Warren Wilson College.  This is a project...

Area Band wins “Last Band Standing” contest

By LYNNE HARLAN Big House Radio has been playing the area for nearly two years in clubs, at festivals and for private events where they have built a following. So, it was a natural that when the chance to compete for the Last Band Standing Contest they were up for the...

NACF announces Grants for Native Artists

By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF A new foundation dedicated to Native American art and culture wants to help artists and communities by offering grants in three areas.  The year-old Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF), based in Vancouver, Wash., has a...