by Anthony Brown | Jun 6, 2013 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF The EBCI Cooperative Extension Center has two new employees including Rick DeLoughery who takes the helm as director and Lavita Lambert, an EBCI tribal member, who will man the front desk as the administrative secretary....
by Anthony Brown | Jun 5, 2013 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
SUBMITTED By BELINDA WILSON, PHN CHEROKEE COMMUNITY HEALTH According to the CDC, as cited in the U.S.Preventive Services Task Force paper, approximately 1.1 million Americans are living with HIV. Because the infection does not cause early symptoms, one in five people...
by Anthony Brown | Jun 5, 2013 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF The Tribal Law and Order Act was enacted into law in 2010 with the main goal of getting more violent crimes prosecuted in Indian Country. Several years in, and it appears to be working. The Department of Justice released a...
by Anthony Brown | Jun 4, 2013 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JEAN JONES/ONE FEATHER EDITOR PHOTOS By KRISTY HERRRON/COMMERCE DIVISION The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) and the Land Trust for the Little Tennessee (LTLT) celebrated the deed signing of the Hall Mountain Tract in Macon County back to tribal...
by Anthony Brown | Jun 4, 2013 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JOHN DAVID ARCH COMMERCE INTERN Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) is one of the oldest and most thoroughly evaluated nurse home visitation programs in the nation. Through regular in-home visits, nurses work with enrolled mothers to improve maternal health and...
by Anthony Brown | Jun 4, 2013 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
The 2013 Remember the Removal Ride is now officially underway. Below are several photos from the road by EBCI rider Yona Wade: