by admin | May 7, 2022 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Staff With the smell of white sage in the air, an American Bald Eagle flew over the Unity Field in Cherokee on the warm spring evening of Thursday, May 5. Members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) were...
by admin | May 7, 2022 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Staff The color red, the official color of the MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women) movement, marked the day in the form of ribbon skirts, t-shirts, badges, and more as Cherokee community members took awareness of...
by admin | May 7, 2022 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JONAH LOSSIAH One Feather Staff EBCI (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) Tribal Council voted 70-30 during its regular session on Thursday, May 5 to move forward with a purchase of just over 85 acres of tribal trust land. The land is located in the...
by admin | May 7, 2022 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JONAH LOSSIAH One Feather Staff Thursday morning (May 6) came as a shock to the system for teachers and students at Swain County East Elementary School. Minutes before school was set to begin, a student warned a teacher at Swain East that they thought...
by admin | May 7, 2022 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JONAH LOSSIAH One Feather Staff The EBCI Police Commission approved several updated policies for the Police Department and voted on their own by-laws in Thursday’s (April 21) monthly meeting. The by-law in question was regarding open session and the...
by admin | May 7, 2022 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Staff Tribal Council has given EBCI Holdings, Inc. approval to go ahead with a bid process seeking to build two new casinos. Res. No. 245, submitted by Scott Barber, EBCI Holdings chief executive officer, was approved by...
