NCTOTA to mark Cherokee town of Sand Town site

NCTOTA to mark Cherokee town of Sand Town site

The North Carolina Trail of Tears Association (NCTOTA) and St. John’s Episcopal Church in Franklin have partnered to mark the site of the post-Removal Cherokee town of Sand Town – located at 542 St. Johns Church Road in Franklin, N.C. A sign dedication is planned for...
EBCI students receive Tribal Council Awards

EBCI students receive Tribal Council Awards

The following students, all members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, received a Tribal Council Award for academic excellence during a ceremony at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort Convention Center on the morning of Monday, May 1. New Kituwah Academy Kaylin...
Environmental and Cultural Education at CCS

Environmental and Cultural Education at CCS

By JONAH LOSSIAH One Feather Reporter   CHEROKEE, N.C. – January 2020 was a much different time. While the next few months would completely shift the landscape of everything in life, Sara Duncan’s focus on a new program at Cherokee Central Schools (CCS) did...