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...
Qualla Boundary Head Start programs re-licensed

Qualla Boundary Head Start programs re-licensed

By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Staff   The Qualla Boundary Head Start and Early Head Start (QBHSEHS) programs recently found out that both have been re-licensed.  Information from EBCI (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) PHHS (Public Health and Human Services)...