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Cynthia Chavez Lamar named director of the National Museum of the American Indian
Cynthia Chavez Lamar has been named director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, effective Feb. 14. She is the first Native woman to be named as a Smithsonian museum director. Chavez Lamar has been at the museum most recently since...
CCS School Board holds first meeting of 2022
The Cherokee Central Schools (CCS) Board of Education met on Friday, Jan. 7 following the decision to postpone the start of school. During this meeting they addressed COVID concerns and how to move forward with the year.
Cultural District plans in the works at Nikwasi Mound
The Nikwasi Initiative has the deed to the Nikwasi (sometimes called Noquisiyi) Mound in the town of Franklin and serves as the mound’s current caretakers. They are hoping to expand educational opportunities at the site with their new Noquisiyi Cultural District site plan.
Interior Dept. seeks nominations for Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names
The Department of the Interior announced recently that it is seeking nominations for members of the new Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names. The committee will identify geographic names and federal land unit names that are considered derogatory and solicit proposals on replacement names.
Wolftown Airnasium opens
The Wolftown Community’s biggest gift this past December certainly couldn’t fit under the tree.
CIPD Officer arrested
Cherokee Indian Police Department (CIPD) Sergeant John Phillip Taylor Jr. was arrested on Friday, Jan. 7 at approximately 3:30 p.m. and charged with the following:
Cherokee seeing COVID surge
Like communities across the country, Cherokee has been seeing a large surge of COVID-19 cases. And like in other places, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians’ community has been affected by closures, delays in openings, and other COVID-19 protective measures.
Cherokee Central Schools set to return
Cherokee Centrals Schools (CCS) still hopes to fully return on Thursday, Jan. 6.
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