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Relay for Life scheduled for Cherokee
The American Cancer Society Relay for Life is scheduled for Cherokee on Friday, June 17 at the Cherokee Expo Center (the old Cherokee High School) on Acquoni Road. This year’s event will honor the memory of Madison Hornbuckle and this year’s theme is Cherokee Legends.
Committee: The Tribe needs a Constitution
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians needs a Constitution. That was the major finding reported by the Governing Documents Review Committee to the Tribal Council on Thursday, June 2.
Cherokee Teens testify at EPA Mercury Hearing
Two teen cousins, both EBCI tribal members, testified at an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hearing in Atlanta, Ga. on Thursday, May 26 on the effects of mercury and other toxic emissions from coal power plants.
Firefly Mania!
What do Great Smoky Mountain National Park and Malaysian jungles have in common? Haven’t a twinkling of an idea? It’s the presence of synchronous fireflies!
One Feather – June 2, 2011
June 2, 2011 issue of the One Feather
DOI Officials to talk with Tribal Leaders re: Cobell Settlement
A federal judge, in response to a motion on behalf of the Department of the Interior, has granted permission for Interior officials to begin communicating with class members on land trust consolidation provisions of the Cobell Settlement agreement.
Original Flour Corn Seeds returned to the Tribe
Eva Welch, age 5, accepted three gallons of a rare, pure line of Cherokee white flour corn seed from seed-saver Keith Nicholson on Saturday, May 28. Eva returned the seeds to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians through her father, Kevin Welch, who heads up the Tribe’s seed bank and the Center for Cherokee Plants.
Park Managers to close Elkmont Entrance Nightly for Firefly Viewing
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have announced that the Elkmont entrance road will be closed to motor vehicles and pedestrian use every night from 5:00 p.m. until midnight, June 4-12, except to registered campers staying at the Elkmont Campground.
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