by admin | Oct 14, 2020 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF The 2021 Leadership Knoxville (LK) class consists of 54 outstanding individuals working to improve life in Knoxville, and a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) is in that group. Kimberly Smith, an...
by admin | Oct 13, 2020 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
SYLVA – Even as the United States has grappled with record-high unemployment figures, one of Southwestern Community College’s job-preparation programs has managed a 100-percent employment rate. All six members of SCC Project SEARCH’s 2018-19 graduating class...
by admin | Oct 12, 2020 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
This fall, the Cherokee Preservation Foundation awarded 15 grants to partners within Western North Carolina and beyond. Grants totaled more than $1.7 million and were awarded to projects advancing the Foundation’s mission of improving the quality of life for...
by admin | Oct 8, 2020 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF T.J. Holland held a wealth of knowledge about Cherokee history and culture, and he shared that information with anyone interested in learning. He died in a tragic accident last month, and the Museum of the Cherokee...
by admin | Oct 7, 2020 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
The family of Juke (Walter) Bradley would like to thank everyone for their prayers, food donations, wood donations, tobacco for the fire, our very dedicated Fire Keeper who kept the fire going for four days, and kind words during our very hard time. We...
by admin | Oct 6, 2020 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF On the wall in her office, Monica Wildcatt has a “Dreams List” of all the things she’d like to see at the Cherokee Children’s Home. A new playground with a fitness component is on that list…and it came true. “I...
