by admin | Jul 23, 2022 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior announced on Friday, July 22 that the 13-member Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force has concluded its review of the more than 660 geographic features featuring the name sq___, a term that has historically been used as an...
by admin | Jul 22, 2022 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JONAH LOSSIAH One Feather Staff The Cherokee Central Schools Board of Education focused on teachers’ salaries to begin its meeting this Monday, July 18. The Board had Howard Wahnetah and Ashford Smith in the meeting to discuss teacher pay following North...
by admin | Jul 21, 2022 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor The Tribal Employment Rights Office (TERO) held a training on Wednesday, July 20 to help program personnel better understand the Independent Contract Agreement (ICA), which is the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI)...
by admin | Jul 19, 2022 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Staff The Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds is in need of renovation to the point that the annual Cherokee Indian Fair, the largest annual event of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), is not able to be held there safely. ...
by admin | Jul 15, 2022 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
In a “three strikes and you’re out” decision, a Graham County jury this week first found a Robbinsville man guilty of breaking into and stealing items from a garage, then guilty of habitual felon, District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch said. Thanks to that sentence...
by admin | Jul 14, 2022 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Staff The area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park known as Clingman’s Dome has been known for thousands of years by Cherokee people as Kuwahi (“mulberry place”). The Tribal Council of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians...
