NEWS ᎧᏃᎮᏓ

CCS School Board reviews coaching contracts

CCS School Board reviews coaching contracts

Much of the School Board’s open discussion at the meeting on Monday, June 19 revolved around contract renewals for coaches at Cherokee Central Schools (CCS). There were several other personnel items passed as well, but none of those prompted open discussion.

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ONE FEATHER PHOTOS

COMMUNITY ᏍᎦᏚᎩ

Cruise the Smokies has big showing

Brenda Berry, of Anderson, S.C., was wiping down a car she has been attached to since childhood during an event at the Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds on Saturday, Oct. 16.  She was caring for her 1954 Ford Ranch Wagon at the Cruise the Smokies Rod Run hosted by the Cherokee Rodders. 

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OPINIONS ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ

COMMENTARY: How should we treat Kituwah?

COMMENTARY: How should we treat Kituwah?

Cherokee people have the immense privilege of having access to our Mother Town. Kituwah, and what remains of the mound, was signed into trust by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Department of the Interior in December of 2021.

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SPEAKING OF FAITH: Every decision has consequences

By REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON (Transcribed by Myra D. Colgate) Cherokee Pentecostal Holiness Church   Read 1 Kings 18:15-46 When King Ahab saw the Prophet Elijah for the first time after the drought in Israel had already plagued the area for three years, he accused...

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SPORTS ᏍᎦᏚᎩ

NAYO 2019 Softball and Baseball brackets

  NAYO 2019 Tournament Brackets   The 2019 NAYO Softball and Baseball tournaments will be hosted by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) on July 18-20 at the John A. Crowe Complex and at Cherokee High School.  Following are the teams representing the...

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OBITUARIES ᏧᏂᏲᎰᏒ

OBITUARY: Mary Ann Jacobs

OBITUARY: Mary Ann Jacobs

Mary Ann Jacobs, age 87, of Cherokee N.C., passed away peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. She was born on May 5, 1935, in Chicago, Ill. She lived in Cherokee; Suitland, Md.; and Chandler, Ariz. before returning to the mountains with her husband Harvey in 1998.

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HAPPENINGS

Upcoming Pow Wows for Nov. 28-30

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

Ronald Cooper to discuss Trail of Tears book

Jan. 12 at 6pm at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva.  Cooper, a member of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma, will discuss his book It’s My Trail Too.  In January 2011, Cooper began walking the northern route of the Cherokee Trail of Tears for personal reflection and...

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Twelve Native artists awarded total of $200K

The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, a national charity dedicated to the revitalization, appreciation and perpetuation of Native arts and cultures, has awarded a total of $200,000 in awards to 12 American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian artists. Through...

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Got Talent? CHA hosting acting classes

Mountainside Performing Arts School is seeking individuals interested in forming a Community Theatre. If you are 16 years old and over, experienced in acting or not, you are invited to a meeting on Jan. 8 from 7-8pm at Cherokee Historical Association located at 564...

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