by admin | Sep 26, 2017 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
Following are the results of the recounts per the EBCI Election Board (poll total, absentee votes, early vote, total: Big Cove Tribal Council Richard French: 211, 1, 29 = 241 (236 original) Perry Shell: 158, 3, 16 = 177 (174 original) Fred Penick: 150, 1, 15 =...
by admin | Sep 22, 2017 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Over 1,200 people watched the frog swallow the sun at the Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds during the total solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21. The event, known as the Cherokee Cultural Eclipse Celebration, made money for...
by admin | Sep 22, 2017 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Demolition on the old Cherokee High School building, which has sat vacant since 2009, will begin next week. Tribal Council approved a resolution in Budget Council on Aug. 1 which authorized the EBCI Division of...
by admin | Sep 22, 2017 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Fifty-three students at New Kituwah Academy took advantage of the crisp, morning air on the first day of fall, Friday, Sept. 22, to get out for an early walk. They were kicking off the Active Routes to School...
by admin | Sep 18, 2017 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has a new Vice Chief filling an office that has sat vacant for nearly four months. Alan “B.” Ensley, longtime Yellowhill Tribal Council representative, was selected during a vote...
by admin | Sep 18, 2017 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF The Power to the People program (Res. No. 544 – 2017) will not be implemented at this time. Tribal Council failed to garner the two-thirds vote required to override a veto by Principal Chief Richard G. Sneed during...