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Sharing her culture: Scarlett ᎩᎦᎨ Guy to run for Miss Indian World

Sharing her culture: Scarlett ᎩᎦᎨ Guy to run for Miss Indian World

Scarlett ᎩᎦᎨ Guy will join 21 other Native American women in vying for the 2025-26 Miss Indian World (MIW) title later this week.  Guy, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) who served as the 2023-24 Miss Cherokee, will compete at the pageant being held April 24-26, 2025 in conjunction with the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow (GON) in Albuquerque, N.M.

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Cherokee Middle students advocate for Tenn. trust land bill

Cherokee Middle students advocate for Tenn. trust land bill

Cherokee students are making their voices heard on a House bill that would put land into trust for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) in Tennessee.  Students in David Pringle’s eighth grade social studies class at Cherokee Middle School recently completed a project on H.R. 226 (Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act).

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10 Years of Cherokee Choices Stress & Healing Arts Retreat  

10 Years of Cherokee Choices Stress & Healing Arts Retreat  

Cherokee Choices just celebrated their 10th Anniversary of the Stress & Healing Arts Retreat (SHAR), a wellness retreat that ran from 2006 to 2011, and started back up in 2015 to now. This year’s two-day retreat, held on March 19 and 20, featured several workshops and sessions to promote healing and wellness for the Cherokee community.

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OPINIONS ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ

SPEAKING OF FAITH: Back to work

SPEAKING OF FAITH: Back to work

For many years, I led groups of maintenance technicians in a public school system. I was fortunate that many on each team were Christians. Occasionally, people need counseling when they become discouraged.

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THE GOOD STUFF: Always a hero

THE GOOD STUFF: Always a hero

I was in the process of writing my weekly Good Stuff column on a Cherokee hero when I got an email from a funeral home. It was the obituary for a hero of mine and many others – PFC Reuben Taylor, an elder of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. 

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SPORTS ᏍᎦᏚᎩ

The Tsalagi Cougars are going for gold

The Tsalagi Cougars are going for gold

The Tsalagi Cougars are the regional cheer group competing in the North Carolina Senior Games. Beginning last year and earning a second-place medal, the team, representing the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, has grown in numbers and excitement, gunning for first place at the 2024 Senior Games happening in Raleigh Sept. 16-22.

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OBITUARIES ᏧᏂᏲᎰᏒ

OBITUARY: Johnny Wayne Browning

OBITUARY: Johnny Wayne Browning

Johnny Wayne Browning, 68, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, March 16, 2025, after a long battle with cancer, surrounded by his family. He was born Oct. 1, 1956, to the late John and Bida Silver Browning.

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HAPPENINGS

Upcoming Pow Wows for Oct. 25-27

Note: This list of pow wows was compiled by One Feather staff. The One Feather does not endorse any of these dances. It is simply a listing of ones occurring throughout the continent. Please call before traveling.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Asheville Symphony to hold Educational Concert at Harrah’s Cherokee Center

Asheville Symphony to hold Educational Concert at Harrah’s Cherokee Center

On Friday, May 19, Asheville City and Buncombe County Schools’ fifth graders will have the opportunity to travel to hear world-renowned banjo player Béla Fleck play alongside members of the Asheville Symphony Orchestra and the Asheville Symphony Youth Orchestra at no cost. These two consecutive shows, dubbed the “Young People’s Concerts” are free for fifth graders from those two public school systems and are $5 for all other tickets. They will take place at 10 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. in the Harrah’s Cherokee Center’s Thomas Wolfe Auditorium.

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