by Anthony Brown | Feb 20, 2015 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
CULLOWHEE – History department faculty Sue Abram and Andrew Denson from Western Carolina University are overseeing a public history project that recently received a development grant from the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Partnership. An award...
by Anthony Brown | Feb 20, 2015 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
Record-setting visitation to Great Smoky Mountains National Park continues in 2015, with 351,670 visitors enjoying the park in January. The National Park Service has maintained monthly visitation records since 1979. Since that time, visitation has never...
by Anthony Brown | Feb 20, 2015 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKa7Yy-c2-Q[/youtube] Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort has announced the airing of two television commercials produced by local production company, Raven’s Eye, Inc. Raven’s Eye is owned and operated by...
by Anthony Brown | Feb 13, 2015 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
ROBBINSVILLE – The Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Partnership has announced an award of $13,050 to the Graham Revitalization Economic Action Team (GREAT) to build a Cherokee-themed outdoor classroom with interpretive signage next door to...
by Anthony Brown | Feb 13, 2015 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
WASHINGTON – The White House joined with 250 American Indian and Alaska Native youth attending the UNITY Midyear Conference on Thursday, Feb. 12 to launch the Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) Native youth Challenge. Native youth, in Washington, DC for...
by Anthony Brown | Feb 9, 2015 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
The United South and Eastern Tribes (USET) strongly endorsed a bill on Monday, Feb. 9 that would remove all trademark protections of the Washington NFL team as long as the franchise retains the R-word racial slur as its team name. Congressman Mike Honda...