by Anthony Brown | Jun 28, 2016 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) has been charged by Congress with establishing a National Native American Veterans Memorial, to give “all Americans the opportunity to learn of the proud and courageous tradition of service of...
by Anthony Brown | Jun 27, 2016 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
CULLOWHEE – Western Carolina University recently renewed an agreement with Cherokee tribes from North Carolina and Oklahoma in which the university pledges to continue its commitment to the academic study and promotion of Cherokee language, history and culture. WCU...
by Anthony Brown | Jun 24, 2016 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The 2016 Remember the Removal Bike Ride cyclists rolled onto the Cherokee Nation Courthouse lawn Thursday, June 23 officially ending their 950-mile journey retracing the Trail of Tears. Eight Cherokee Nation cyclists and seven Eastern Band of...
by Anthony Brown | Jun 24, 2016 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Patrick Bradley Allison, 42, an EBCI tribal member and tribal employee, was killed as the result of a head-on collision that occurred on Birdtown Road (US-19) on the morning of April 14, 2015. More than a year...
by Anthony Brown | Jun 24, 2016 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF The Supreme Court affirmed a decision of a federal appeals court allowing a tribal court to exercise jurisdiction over a non-member corporation. In a deadlocked (4-4) decision, rendered on Thursday, June 23, the...
by Anthony Brown | Jun 23, 2016 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
Mother facing federal kidnapping charges By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Three Cherokee children, missing since November 2014, have been found safely and have been returned to their families. James Paul Owle (now 10), Samuel George Owle (now 7),...