MISSING PERSON

James Edward “Bone” Toineeta, 51, was last seen on Saturday, Feb. 19 on US 19, Soco Mountain. He was wearing blue jeans, a brown coat and boots.  If you have any information on this missing person, please call Detective Sean Birchfield of the Cherokee Indian Police...

Friends of the Smokies chooses New Board Chair

WEB EXTRA      Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park has announced the election of the Rev. Dr. Daniel P. Matthews of Waynesville as its new board chair, the first from North Carolina since the regional organization’s inception in 1993.       Dr. Matthews...

Sen. Akaka to retire after Term

By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF                 The chairman of the Senate Committee of Indian Affairs related last week that he will retire at the end of his term.  Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), a Native Hawaiian who previously served 13 years in the House of...

Wyatt appointed to NGAC Committee

By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF                 David Wyatt, GIS manager for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, has been appointed by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to serve on the National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC).  The committee meets...