EBCI one of first tribes to start AISES Chapter

  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...

Voter turn-out for EBCI Primary almost 39 percent

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   Almost 39 percent (38.97 percent) of registered voters of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) cast a ballot in the Primary Election held Thursday, June 6.  Of the 6,767 registered voters, a total of 2,637...

Constitution Resolution withdrawn at June Council

  By JONAH LOSSIAH ONE FEATHER STAFF   June 13 marked the date of another Tribal Council session with no real answers for a proposed Constitution for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI). The EBCI Tribal Council voted to withdraw a resolution that...

Politicians working to save Job Corps programs 

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF    Last month, students and staff at the Oconaluftee Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center (CCC) found out that the Center was one of nine nationwide slated to close.  Federal, state, and local politicians around the...