by admin | Aug 24, 2019 | COMMUNITY sgadugi, Front Page
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF FRANKLIN – In early May, the Franklin Town Council voted to transfer the deed of the Nikwasi Mound, a sacred Cherokee mound located in downtown Franklin in Macon County, to a non-profit organization known as...
by admin | Aug 20, 2019 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Two Cherokee Booger masks, used during the Green Corn Ceremony, are now in the expert and trusted hands of the Museum of the Cherokee Indian. The two masks were repatriated in a tribe-to-tribe ceremony in Salmanca,...
by admin | Aug 20, 2019 | Front Page, Health, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Earlier this month, Tribal Council approved legislation to go forward with building a comprehensive Senior Continuing Care Retirement Community to better serve the elders of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians...
by admin | Aug 7, 2019 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
ALLEGANY TERRITORY (Salamanca, N.Y.) – The Seneca Nation of Indians has a longstanding relationship with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) dating back to ancient times. It was strengthened on Sunday, Aug. 4 – the first anniversary of the...
by admin | Aug 1, 2019 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF The TERO program of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) is the recipient of the 2019 Governor’s NCWorks Award of Distinction as an “Outstanding Employee”. During the regular session of Tribal Council on...
by admin | Jul 29, 2019 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF One business day after N.C. Governor Roy Cooper signed legislation making sports betting legal for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Harrah’s Cherokee Casinos officials released their plans to get the ball...