by Anthony Brown | Apr 26, 2012 | COMMUNITY sgadugi, Front Page
The Oconaluftee Island is known for family outings such as fishing, swimming, cook outs and other events. Cherokee Youth Center Torch club members decided to participate in a trash pick-up so that the Island would be clean and environmental friendly to the wild...
by Anthony Brown | Apr 24, 2012 | COMMUNITY sgadugi, Front Page
CULLOWHEE- Twenty-four educators from Cherokee Elementary School recently went back to school themselves for instruction on the Common Core State Standards at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) in Cullowhee. Their training...
by Anthony Brown | Apr 23, 2012 | COMMUNITY sgadugi, Front Page
The following students, all EBCI tribal members, were honored during the annual Tribal Council Student Awards Program in the Council Chambers on Friday, April 20: New Kituwah Academy Kindergarten Merit: Roxi Bark, Mato Grant Best All Around: Eva Welch...
by Anthony Brown | Apr 23, 2012 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
4H Youth & Families with Promise (YFP) is a developing program for youth with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Youth & Families with Promise is part of the 4-H National Mentoring Program implemented by North Carolina A&T State University. ...
by Anthony Brown | Apr 23, 2012 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
The Cherokee BabyFACE group enjoyed a visit from Sarah McClellan-Welch and Kevin Welch from the EBCI Cooperative Extension office on Thursday, April 19. Kevin and Sarah presented information on the Cherokee Tan Pumpkin, a pumpkin that was taken to Oklahoma on...