by admin | Dec 17, 2018 | COMMUNITY sgadugi, Front Page
CULLOWHEE – A pair of graduating students delivered the primary addresses Saturday (Dec. 15) as Western Carolina University held commencement exercises to recognize the academic accomplishments of its fall class and a group of alumni who completed requirements to...
by admin | Dec 17, 2018 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
One Feather staff reports WASHINGTON – A bill to aid law enforcement in the location and prosecuting cases of missing and murdered Native American women and girls passed in the senate Dec. 6. Both the chair and vice chair of the Senate Committee on...
by admin | Dec 17, 2018 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JOSEPH MARTIN ONE FEATHER STAFF On Oct. 5, a federal district court in Texas ruled that the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) was unconstitutional because it was a race-based preference law. The court also claimed it violated federal law by placing the...
by admin | Dec 14, 2018 | COMMUNITY sgadugi, Front Page
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has selected its representatives for the 2019 Remember the Removal ride. Ten tribal members will join riders from the Cherokee Nation as they retrace the northern route of the...
by admin | Dec 12, 2018 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JOSEPH MARTIN ONE FEATHER STAFF Citing a need to better serve tribal members’ housing needs, Tribal Council passed an ordinance to combine the services of Qualla Housing Authority (QHA) and tribal Housing and Community Development at the Dec. 6...
by admin | Dec 12, 2018 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JOSEPH MARTIN ONE FEATHER STAFF With 25 days left before Tribal Council can adopt changes to the Tribe’s election laws, Tribal Council voted to retable a proposed ordinance Dec. 6 with changes and amendments. With an ordinance passed in September,...
