2016 Cherokee Indian Fair Schedule

Tuesday, Oct. 4 Parade Day 9am – Line-up for parade (people can start bringing in their floats.) 2:30pm – Parade Judging 4pm – Parade starts 6pm – Opening Prayer at Fairgrounds 6:05pm – Presentation of Colors, National Anthem (Cherokee Chamber), Cherokee Anthem (Miss...

Cherokee Rodders Club awards scholarships

  The Cherokee Rodders Car Club recently awarded the first Bob Smith Memorial Vocational Scholarships.  The first recipients of the scholarships funds are: John Jenkins; Chase Crowe; and Ryan Tranter. Members of the Club established the scholarship in November...

Qualla Arts and Crafts turns 70

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   Cherokee arts and crafts have been done since time immemorial.  The marketing of those crafts to tourists and visitors to Cherokee is a relatively new thing in the big scheme of things – having started in gusto in...