Planning Board holds July meeting

Planning Board holds July meeting

By MATTILYNN SNEED One Feather Intern Reporter   The Planning Board of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) met Tuesday, July 30 to hear monthly updates from Becky Bowe, the manager of EBCI Project Management Office. Commissioners in attendance included...
Cherokee Police Commission holds July meeting

Cherokee Police Commission holds July meeting

By MATTILYNN SNEED One Feather Intern Reporter   CHEROKEE, N.C.- The Cherokee Police Commission met at the Health and Human Services building July 26. The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Gene Tunney Crowe (Tsisqwohi, Birdtown). Commissioners in...
Stop stacking: When a rock is more than a rock  

Stop stacking: When a rock is more than a rock  

By MATTILYNN SNEED Cherokee One Feather Intern Reporter   CHEROKEE, N.C.- In the heart of downtown Cherokee lies the Oconaluftee Island Park. Along the riverbanks, park visitors frequently build wading pools and stack rocks out of the water. These rock structures...
MMIW: Magdalene “Maggie” Calhoun-Bowman

MMIW: Magdalene “Maggie” Calhoun-Bowman

By BROOKLYN BROWN One Feather Reporter   CHEROKEE, N.C.— With help from the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Fund for Indigenous Journalists: Reporting on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit and Transgender People (MMIWG2T), the...