New Year’s Blessing

By SHAWN SPRUCE Upon returning to Cherokee from a business trip late one evening last summer, my girlfriend gave me a small box wrapped in simple white paper.  Expecting a book or some other ordinary gift I opened it without much thought.  Inside, I discovered only a...

Minors Fund lawsuit dismissed

By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   A lawsuit against the EBCI Investment Committee and Principal Chief Michell Hicks has been dismissed in Tribal Court.  In a ruling filed on Dec. 19, 2013, Associate Judge Danny E. Davis wrote, “…defendants motions to strike...

Bitter cold grips Cherokee

By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   It may not have been as cold as International Falls, Minn., but Cherokee and the surrounding area was hit with bitterly cold weather starting on Sunday, Jan. 5.  Temperatures dipped below zero on many parts of the Cherokee...