NEWS ᎧᏃᎮᏓ
Cherokee Preservation Foundation announces $3.3 million in 2025 Spring Grants
The Cherokee Preservation Foundation awarded 12 grants to partners in western North Carolina, totaling more than $3.3 million. The grants were awarded to projects advancing the Foundation’s mission of improving the quality of life for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) and neighboring communities.
Economic wellness discussed at the EBCI Town Hall Meeting
EBCI (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) Taline Ugvwiyu (Vice Chief) Alan B. Ensley presided over a town hall meeting at the Chief Joyce Dugan Cultural Arts Center on the Cherokee Central Schools campus in Cherokee, N.C. on the evening of Tuesday, June 24.
Federal legislative updates of interest to EBCI citizens (June 25, 2025)
The One Feather will now provide weekly legislative updates on various pieces of federal legislation of interest to members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The bills are shown in the order in which they were introduced following the new bills for the week.
ONE FEATHER PHOTOS
COMMUNITY ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
Cherokee Elementary School 2022-23 End-of-Year Awards
Cherokee Elementary School 2022-23 End-of-Year Awards
CCS and Manna Foodbank collaborate to address food insecurity
Colby Taylor, a member of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, a rising senior at the Honors College at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Jones-Bowman Fellow has taken a proactive approach to address food insecurity within the Cherokee Central Schools community. Recognizing the pressing issue of food insecurity among students, he initiated efforts to establish a partnership with MANNA Foodbank alongside Jessica (Jae) Winchester, community affairs coordinator at Cherokee Central Schools, to provide essential nutritional support.
EBCI tribal members featured in new documentary
What happens when storytelling, native wisdom, and nature’s intelligence converge? That’s what a new film by award-winning documentary filmmaker David Weintraub and the Center for Cultural Preservation seek to explore in “Nature’s Wisdom Thru Native Eyes”, set to hold its world premieres this June.
OPINIONS ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ
COMMENTARY: Good governance
It’s that time of year again. Whatever media you choose, you are seeing more and more political advertisements, sometimes back-to-back repeats of themselves. The first stop in the race for coveted seats of power in our township, county, state, and federal government races is the North Carolina Primary Election.
Faith Commentary: Appointing your days
Psalms 90:12 says, “So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.”
COMMENTARY: We know who we are
Cherokee has a long, detailed historical record. We have been blessed with tenacious record-keeping by our ancestors, the creation of the syllabary by Sequoyah, the continued passing of knowledge, culture and language through generations.
SPORTS ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
CROSS COUNTRY: Cherokee teams participate in Watermelon Run
The Cherokee High School (CHS) varsity cross country teams participated in the Watermelon Run, hosted by Smoky Mountain High School, at the Jackson County Recreation Park in Cullowhee on the afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 4.
High School athletics bring students from Cherokee and Lincoln Charter together
In the hustle and busyness of interscholastic athletics, often times it is easy to miss opportunities to connect people and provide important social and cultural learning opportunities.
CROSS COUNTRY: Cherokee participates in WNC Cross Country Carnival
The Cherokee High School (CHS) varsity cross country teams participated in the WNC Cross Country Carnival in Hendersonville on Saturday, Aug. 24.
OBITUARIES ᏧᏂᏲᎰᏒ
OBITUARY: Donald Smith Raby
Donald Smith Raby, 88, of Whittier, went home to be with the Lord Friday evening March 29, 2024 after a period of declining health. A native and a lifelong resident of Jackson County, he was the son of the late Ted and Evelyn Raby.
OBITUARY: Janice Mathews Crutchfield
Janice Mathews Crutchfield, 73, of the Towstring Community, went home to be with the Lord Saturday, March 30, 2024 at her residence.
OBITUARY: Doris Wilkerson
Doris “Mom, Mutti, Oma, Pug” Wilkerson, age 90, departed this life on Saturday, March 9, 2024 after a sudden illness.
HAPPENINGS
Cherokee Museum to present Cherokee Pottery talk on International Archaeology Day
The Museum of the Cherokee Indian will present “Cherokee Pottery: Three Thousand Years of Cherokee Science” on Friday, Oct. 17 at 2 pm.
Benefit Bingo
Benefit Bingo. Oct. 18 at 6pm at the Big Cove Community Recreation Center. This is for for Ollie Owle and Adam Montelongo’s travel to Asheville for Baby in NICU. Concession with hamburgers, hotdogs and soft drinks. Info: Brenda 736-6144
WCU community coming together to celebrate Homecoming with events Oct. 23-26
The Western Carolina University community will come together to celebrate Homecoming 2014 over a four-day period – Thursday, Oct. 23, through Sunday, Oct. 26 – with events that include a professional step show performance, golf tournament, parade through downtown Sylva and football game versus The Citadel.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Tribal members learning art of river cane mats, pine needle baskets
Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual recently has hosted classes for EBCI tribal members to learn the art of making river cane mats and pine needle baskets. The classes were funded by a grant from the Cherokee Preservation Foundation.
Alicia Keys is coming to Harrah’s Cherokee
WHO: Alicia Keys is a 14-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and producer. She's also an accomplished actress, a New York Times best-selling author, an entrepreneur and a powerful force in the world of philanthropy and in the global fight against HIV and...
New carving book concludes Fariello’s trilogy on Cherokee arts and crafts
A new book by Anna Fariello of Western Carolina University’s Hunter Library examines carvers active among the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in the early to mid 20th century.
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