Latest News
CCS weighing COVID decisions before Fall start
By JONAH LOSSIAH One Feather Staff On Tuesday, Aug. 3 Cherokee Central Schools announced that they would be delaying the start of school from Aug. 9 to Aug. 16. The decision came after an increase in COVID-19 cases on the Qualla Boundary over the last few...
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs passes bipartisan ‘Durbin Feeling Native American Language Act of 2021’
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on Wednesday, Aug. 4 passed the Durbin Feeling Native American Language Act of 2021, a bipartisan bill named in honor of the late Cherokee linguist Durbin Feeling who passed away in August 2020. The late...
Josh Taylor appointed as Chief of Police for Cherokee Indian Police Department
Principal Chief Richard G. Sneed announced on Thursday, July 29 the appointment of Josh Taylor, shown above, as the new Chief of Police for the Cherokee Indian Police Department (CIPD). (Photo courtesy of Office of the Principal Chief) Principal Chief Richard G. Sneed...
School Board debates how to increase drug awareness
By JONAH LOSSIAH One Feather Staff The Cherokee Central Schools (CCS) Board of Education spent a large portion of their Monday, July 26 meeting discussing possibilities for combatting the drug issues on the Qualla Boundary. The Board welcomed to the meeting...
Signs unveiled officially naming Beloved Man Dr. Jerry Wolfe Highway
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Staff A sign was unveiled on the warm summer afternoon of Tuesday, July 27 designating a stretch of US 441 from Exit 74 to the intersection of N.C. 19 as the Beloved Man Dr. Jerry Wolfe Highway. The N.C. Board of Transportation...
COVID-19 cases increasing again in Cherokee
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Staff After several months of very low case counts of COVID-19 being reported by the EBCI (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) Joint Information Center (JIC), the Tribe is starting to see an uptick. JIC officials related that 15...
Graham County man sentenced for sexual assaults of a child
Following a two-week trial, a Graham County jury on Friday, July 23 returned a guilty verdict in 45 minutes against Casey Haney, 39, for repeated sexual assaults of a child, District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch said. Haney was found guilty of statutory rape and two...
Long denied right to deposition of witnesses
By JONAH LOSSIAH One Feather Staff The pre-trial of Benjamin Cody Long continued Monday, July 26 to resolve an issue between the defense and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) Office of the Attorney General. The representation for Cody Long is Brent...
Call
(828) 359-6262
Address
801 Acquoni Road • Cherokee, NC 28719
Hours
Mon – Fri • 7:45am – 4:30pm