CCS Board analyzes teacher salaries

CCS Board analyzes teacher salaries

By JONAH LOSSIAH One Feather Staff   The Cherokee Central Schools Board of Education focused on teachers’ salaries to begin its meeting this Monday, July 18. The Board had Howard Wahnetah and Ashford Smith in the meeting to discuss teacher pay following North...
TERO holds Tribal Contract Training

TERO holds Tribal Contract Training

By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   The Tribal Employment Rights Office (TERO) held a training on Wednesday, July 20 to help program personnel better understand the Independent Contract Agreement (ICA), which is the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI)...
Council supports Clingman’s Dome name change

Council supports Clingman’s Dome name change

By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Staff   The area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park known as Clingman’s Dome has been known for thousands of years by Cherokee people as Kuwahi (“mulberry place”).  The Tribal Council of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians...
Fire Mountain Trails set for major expansion

Fire Mountain Trails set for major expansion

By JONAH LOSSIAH One Feather Staff   Mountain bikers may rejoice. There are new trails coming to Cherokee. Five years after the completion of the original Fire Mountain biking trail system, EBCI (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) Operations and EBCI Project...