Community News
NSF grant will aid WCU in preserving several biological collections
Tucked away in a small room in Western Carolina University’s Stillwell Building is the university’s herbarium, which consists of roughly 36,500 plant specimens, mostly from the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
CCS working with the Tribe to solve remote learning issues
It was a short meeting for the School Board, and most of the discussion was focused on one thing – remote learning.
Second season of sochan gathering program sees increases
The EBCI Natural Resources Program issued a report on the second season of sochan gathering in the Park recently noting that 12.3 bags were gathered which amounted to 330 servings of sochan.
Swain County Schools reopening plan for fall
Following are two PDFs detailing the Swain County Schools Reopening Plan for school this fall.
Cherokee Nation adds 16 bee pollinator homes to heirloom garden
The Cherokee Nation has installed 16 new bee pollinator homes in the tribe’s heirloom garden in Tahlequah as part of a new initiative by First Lady January Hoskin to boost the population of pollinators while improving the environment.
EBCI freshman college students facing challenges amid COVID-19
High school graduations, in whatever form they took, are over and recent graduates are now looking at a whole new set of challenges as they prepare to enter college this fall.
Tribal member wins award as part of Duke’s Alpha Pi Omega sorority
Scarlett Guy, an evolutionary anthropology junior from Cherokee, was named Honeycomb of the Year.
Cherokee Elk Study shows importance to Appalachian community and economy
he Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) and survey research firm Responsive Management recently released the results of an economic analysis showing that the presence of elk is important to the southern Appalachian community and...
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