by admin | Jun 23, 2017 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Almost a year ago, leaders and officials of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians put gold-painted shovels into the dirt and broke ground on the Snowbird Residential Treatment Center. Located at the top of a hill...
by admin | Jun 23, 2017 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Patrons of the Cherokee Fitness Complex will notice several upgrades and areas of renovation going on now and continuing through the summer. “The building is 15 years old, so it’s not been renovated and we’ve sort of...
by admin | Jun 22, 2017 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
A federal criminal bill of indictment was unsealed on Wednesday, June 21 in Asheville, charging twelve individuals with marriage fraud conspiracy and related charges, for entering into sham marriages for the purpose of evading United States immigration laws,...
by admin | Jun 20, 2017 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR Principal Chief Richard G. Sneed convened a Housing Summit on the morning of Friday, June 16 to look at processes and challenges with the tribal housing department. All of the senior management from the EBCI Executive...
by admin | Jun 16, 2017 | Front Page, Health, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Tribal elders in Indian Country are reportedly abused at a rate (1 in 4) much higher than the national average (1 in 10). This and other facts and statistics about elder abuse were given during an Elder Abuse...
by admin | Jun 16, 2017 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Less than an hour following the impeachment of former Principal Chief Patrick Lambert on Thursday, May 25, then-Vice Chief Richard G. Sneed was sworn in as the Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee...
