by admin | Apr 1, 2020 | COMMUNITY sgadugi, Happenings
The 37th annual Folkmoot International Festival, scheduled for July 18-26, has been cancelled, due to uncertainty created by the spread of COVID-19. The Folkmoot Board of Directors made the decision at its monthly meeting on Wednesday, March 25, after...
by admin | Mar 31, 2020 | COMMUNITY sgadugi, Front Page
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF McGrath, Alaska, population 342, is home to the Welch family, three of whom are members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) and are completely accustomed to the social distancing and isolation that people...
by admin | Mar 30, 2020 | COMMUNITY sgadugi, Front Page, Health
By JONAH LOSSIAH ONE FEATHER STAFF When N.C. Governor Roy Cooper ordered the closure of all public schools on March 14, the first question on a lot of minds was, ‘what about families that rely on school lunch?’ The staff at Cherokee Central Schools...
by admin | Mar 30, 2020 | COMMUNITY sgadugi, Health
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF With families of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) quarantining themselves to help stop the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), an EBCI tribal program is helping provide some exercise time. Cherokee...
by admin | Mar 27, 2020 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF As families navigate the new landscape of home schooling their children, many Cherokee families are incorporating aspects of the culture into their curriculum. The Stamper family has been busy gathering wild foods...
by admin | Mar 24, 2020 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
I would like to thank the Yogi Crowe Scholarship committee for their continued support. I am in the last semester of my final year as a Ph.D. candidate at the University of North Dakota. In the months of December and January, I traveled all over the U.S. for...
