by admin | Mar 8, 2021 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JONAH LOSSIAH ONE FEATHER STAFF 367 days. That will be the time between in-person classes for the children of Cherokee Centrals Schools (CCS). ‘Return to learn’ has seemed like a distant light in an endless tunnel. But that light is...
by admin | Mar 5, 2021 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF A man who became synonymous with the preservation of Cherokee history and culture through his work at the Museum of the Cherokee Indian has passed away. Ken Blankenship, an elder of the Eastern Band of...
by admin | Mar 3, 2021 | Front Page, Health, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JONAH LOSSIAH ONE FEATHER STAFF Hundreds of people in Cherokee received their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine thanks to another mass clinic held at Tribal Bingo on Wednesday, March 3. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) continues to...
by admin | Mar 3, 2021 | Front Page, Health, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Later this month, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) will mark a year since the first case of COVID-19 was reported in the Cherokee community. Tribal officials announced the case during a press conference...
by admin | Feb 25, 2021 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JONAH LOSSIAH ONE FEATHER STAFF The case involving Benjamin Cody Long will continue on April 28, and the defense looks to go to trial. Thursday morning (Feb. 25) marked the latest pre-trial date regarding the cyberattack of December 2019. Last week,...
by admin | Feb 25, 2021 | Front Page, Health, NEWS ka-no-he-da
Eligible Medicaid members will begin to receive letters on Monday, March 15 from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) notifying Medicaid beneficiaries of open enrollment which will now include the EBCI (Eastern Band of...