Youngdeer memoirs to be released

The Museum of the Cherokee Indian Press is releasing a new book, The Memoirs of Robert Youngdeer: Marine, Chief, and Proud American.  The author, Chief Robert S. Youngdeer, will be speaking Friday morning at 10am at the Aquoni Expo Center in Cherokee, as part of the...

Backcountry changes set for 2013 in Park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park will implement changes to its current backcountry reservation and permitting process early next year.  As reported last March, the National Park Service approved the Park’s proposal to begin collecting fees for use of the Park’s...