Produce program teaches healthy habits

Produce program teaches healthy habits

  By JONAH LOSSIAH One Feather Staff   Jessica Mrugala has been focused on a healthier Cherokee for years. She started working with Cherokee Central Schools in 2017 and has been a service member on the Qualla Boundary since. Currently, Mrugala works as the...

January is highest COVID month for Cherokee

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Staff   January 2022 has seen the highest number of new COVID-19 cases reported in the Cherokee community out of any month since the pandemic began.  And, the month isn’t over yet. The EBCI (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)...

Cherokee seeing COVID surge

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Staff   Like communities across the country, Cherokee has been seeing a large surge of COVID-19 cases.  And like in other places, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians’ community has been affected by closures, delays in...

1,057 Children

  Editor’s Note: Vickie Bradley, Secretary of Public Health and Human Services spoke at a work session on Indian Child Welfare Act conducted by Tribal Council on October 26, 2021. The following is a transcription of her presentation. I’m going to talk about...