by Anthony Brown | Nov 20, 2012 | COMMUNITY sgadugi, Front Page
Swain Varsity Cheerleaders Ashton Turbyfill and Amorie Gunter, an EBCI tribal member, traveled to New York City on Saturday, Nov. 17 to begin practice for their performance in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. They were given this opportunity to perform with...
by Anthony Brown | Nov 20, 2012 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
EBCI college students participating in the Jones-Bowman Leadership Award Program established by Cherokee Preservation Foundation have been developing their leadership skills over the past month by going north to Alaska and east to Greensboro and Chapel Hill. The...
by Anthony Brown | Nov 20, 2012 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
Fire management personnel at Great Smoky Mountains National Park reported on Monday, Nov. 19 that the Raven Fork Fire is 70 percent contained at this time. Approximately 30 firefighters from the Park and Bureau of Indian Affairs worked throughout the day to secure...
by Anthony Brown | Nov 20, 2012 | A&E, Front Page
Neosha Pendergraft (right), an EBCI tribal member, receives one of two major theatrical awards presented recently at the Performing Arts Center in Tulsa, Okla. She was recognized with the award “Best Leading Comedic Actress” for her role of Dorothy in the “Lost Pages...
by Anthony Brown | Nov 20, 2012 | COMMUNITY sgadugi, Front Page
On Thursday, Oct. 4, the Teen Miss Cherokee Pageant was held at the 100th Annual Cherokee Indian Fair. There were six contestants running for this royalty including: Bradley Welch and Taylor Wilnoty from Cherokee High School; Whitney West from Cherokee Middle School;...
by Anthony Brown | Nov 19, 2012 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By KARYL FRANKIEWICZ MISS CHEROKEE 2012 Shi-yo! Ni-ga-da, On Sept. 29, I was crowned the 2012 Miss Cherokee. I then signed my contract with the royalty board the next day. On Oct. 1, I made my first appearance at the induction of the new board members for the...
