EBCI takes lead on ancestor reburials in Kentucky

EBCI takes lead on ancestor reburials in Kentucky

By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Asst. Editor   FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. – Over 50 Native American ancestors were reburied at an Army base and a national recreation area two years ago, and now a headstone inscribed with the Cherokee syllabary marks one of the sites.  In...
Tribe opens housing project in Whittier

Tribe opens housing project in Whittier

By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Asst. Editor   WHITTIER, N.C. – Sixteen housing units opened on Lambert Wilson Way in Whittier, N.C. following a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the warm afternoon of Wednesday, July 26.  The units set on a 5.34 acre tract of land that...
Pride in product: Cherokee’s cannabis operation

Pride in product: Cherokee’s cannabis operation

By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Asst. Editor   CHEROKEE, N.C. – The sun shines through the top of a greenhouse as a Cherokee agriculturist tends to his plants.  James Bradley, cultivation manager at the cannabis farm operated by Qualla Enterprises, LLC in the...