An event was held Wednesday, April 20 that was officially called the Ray Kinsland Retirement Luncheon, but the focus of the event was the announcement of two sizeable donations that will help generations of Cherokee students.

By PRINCIPAL CHIEF MICHELL HICKS      The Eastern Band of Cherokee is constantly developing, and right now there are several projects on the horizon that I would like to update the community about.       The Tribal Construction Program is in the process of planning...

The late Patricia “Pat” McCoy was honored by the EBCI Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault program on Tuesday, April 19.  Manuel Maples and Brandi Cooper, McCoy’s nephew and niece, plant a rose bush in the front area of the Ernestine Walkingstick Shelter on Tuesday in...

By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF                 On April 19, 2004, the Cherokee Language Immersion school opened with one classroom and seven students.  It was housed in the Dora Reed Childcare Center.                  Now, seven years later, the school – now...

Zara Ellis Saddler, PhD, was banished during the regular session of Tribal Council on Thursday, April 14. As a result, she is no longer allowed on any of the tribal lands of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians unless under the order of a court subpoena.

Gerard Ball would love to see enrolled members of the EBCI who have “the spark to be leaders” and are undergraduate students apply for the Jones-Bowman Leadership Award program before its May 6 deadline. They could be in their teens, twenties or older like him.

     Great Smoky Mountains National Park visitors can expect minor delays between now and May 23 while work is underway to repave the Gatlinburg Bypass and the 1.5 miles of Newfound Gap Road (U.S. 441) just south of Gatlinburg, TN.      From Monday morning, April 18...

     Rangers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park have announced plans to begin a series of DUI vehicle checkpoints and traffic patrols this weekend in an effort to provide a safer visit for the approximately 20 million people who drive through the Park or travel...