Blythe receives National Forester of the Year Award

by | Jul 12, 2017 | COMMUNITY sgadugi

  YAKIMA, Wash. – Larry Blythe, former Vice Chief and Cherokee Agency forester, was presented with the Earl R. Wilcox National Forester of the Year Award at a recent Intertribal Timber Council Award ceremony in Yakima, Wash. This award is given by the Intertribal...

Tranter receives Cherokee Rodders scholarship

by | Jul 12, 2017 | COMMUNITY sgadugi

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   Ryan Tranter is working towards his goal of opening his own restaurant one day.  He got some financial help towards that goal as he was awarded the Bob Smith Memorial Scholarship, sponsored by the Cherokee Rodders,...

Art installation set up on Island

by | Jul 3, 2017 | A&E, COMMUNITY sgadugi

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   Sometimes art is created and lasts millennia, and sometimes art is created and lasts momentarily.  The latter was the case on Saturday, July 1 as two artists, Jeff Marley and Frank Brannon, set up an installation...

Miss Cherokee report for June 2017

by | Jun 30, 2017 | COMMUNITY sgadugi

  By AMORIE GUNTER MISS CHEROKEE 2016-17   Siyo nigada, I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer! The month of June was very exciting. I got to appear on WLOS for an interview about our 20th annual Cherokee Voices Festival. This was my first TV...

Fair food vendors selected, menus approved

by | Jun 23, 2017 | COMMUNITY sgadugi

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   In preparation for the 105th Cherokee Indian Fair, Frieda Huskey, Fairgrounds and Special Events supervisor, and Lisa Frady, Events and Group Tour coordinator held a drawing on Tuesday, June 20 for the vendors who will...