What do past presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, inventor Samuel Morse and Law & Order creator Dick Wolf have in common with EBCI tribal member Caleb Teesateskie? They all studied at the prestigious Phillips Academy in Boston, Mass.

The deadline for requesting financial assistance from the Yogi Crowe Memorial Scholarship Fund for spring semester is Friday, Nov. 1.  Applications must be postmarked by the deadline date and mailed on or before the deadline.  Applications not postmarked or received...

Cherokee Middle School 2013 Homecoming Court

As I begin the last leg of my senior exit project, I took the opportunity to reflect back on the sixteen weeks of articles I have contributed to the Cherokee One Feather that speak to the many issues of Native education. In deciding what this week’s focus should be, I...

Adam Blythe, an EBCI tribal member and a 1998 graduate of Swain County High School, completed his Doctoral degree in Criminal Justice from Northcentral University this past summer. He is also finishing his next two novels which will be released within the next year.

Cailon Garland, a senior at Robbinsville High School, has been nominated by her peers to be one of the Senior Class representatives for the 2013 RHS Homecoming Court.  An EBCI tribal member, she is the daughter of Zena Rattler and Charlie Garland and the granddaughter...

Now that students are settling into their classes for the new school year, many middle and high schools are beginning to pull their student government associations together. In most cases, each grade might have officers that make up a student body assembly, and this...