by admin | Jun 25, 2019 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
Patrick Cook Elliott, 64, of Knoxville, Tenn., died shortly after his vehicle was struck by a fallen tree along Little River Road in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park at approximately 3:45 p.m. on Monday, June 24. Elliott was driving a 2016 Jeep Grand...
by admin | Jun 24, 2019 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Incumbent Vice Chief Alan B. Ensley and Jim Owle, former Tribal Council Chairman and current TCGE (Tribal Casino Gaming Enterprise) Chairperson, will oppose each other in the upcoming Vice Chief race in September. ...
by admin | Jun 24, 2019 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JONAH LOSSIAH ONE FEATHER STAFF Truck after truck has been pouring into the Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort construction site for months. About 50-70 daily, each carrying thousands of pounds of steel beams, concrete and other building materials. The...
by admin | Jun 21, 2019 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By PRINCIPAL CHIEF RICHARD G. SNEED EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS Senator Richard Burr published an op-ed in the Charlotte Observer that attacks the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and the Cherokee people for opposing his Catawba off-reservation...
by admin | Jun 20, 2019 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Almost a month after federal officials announced that nine Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers (CCCs) were slated to close, that decision has been reversed. The nine CCCs, including the Oconaluftee CCC site,...
by admin | Jun 18, 2019 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) is one of the first tribes in the country to start an AISES (American Indian Science and Engineering Society) Chapter. Along with the Shkodedeajek Chapter of the Citizen...