by Anthony Brown | May 24, 2011 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By NANCY FOLTZ CHEROKEE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION During the 7th annual Cherokee Day of Caring on May 19, approximately 240 community volunteers helped neighbors selected by their communities for assistance and pitched in to help with painting, yard clean-up,...
by Anthony Brown | May 23, 2011 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF The late President Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, “We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.” Cherokee youth were working on building a future...
by Anthony Brown | May 23, 2011 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
Howard Wahnetah, an EBCI tribal member and member of the Wolf Clan, has been selected by the EBCI Travel & Tourism department as the Fair Grounds Coordinator. He is the son of Robert and Frances Wahnetah and resides in the Yellowhill Community. ...
by Anthony Brown | May 20, 2011 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF An agreement that first began in 1996 will be continued until at least 2018. Harrah’s, a subsidiary of Caesars Entertainment Inc., and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will be partners for seven more years. ...
by Anthony Brown | May 20, 2011 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
Visits into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park dropped by 18.7 percent for April 2011 when compared with April 2010. Park officials relate the decline is due to the I-40 rockslide at the Tennessee/North Carolina state line that closed the interstate for...
by Anthony Brown | May 20, 2011 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
WEB EXTRA NEW YORK, NY—Donald “Del” Laverdure, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, addressed the United Nations on U.S. support for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on Thursday, May 19. He emphasized that...
