NEWS ᎧᏃᎮᏓ
National Park Service investigating site selling fraudulent parking tags
The National Park Service (NPS) is investigating an online scam selling fraudulent parking tags to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Someone posing as the National Park Service is directing individuals and organizations to a website titled “Smokies Park Pass”.
Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority’s Tribal Option Department recognized with i2i Center’s 2023 Whole Person Care Innovation Award
Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority’s has announced that the EBCI Tribal Option department has earned the prestigious recognition as the recipient of the i2i Center’s 2023 Whole Person Care Innovation Award.
Haskell Indian Nations University receives Tribal College Small Business Achievement Grant to Empower Native Entrepreneurs
Haskell Indian Nations University, a Bureau of Indian Education-operated post-secondary institution in Lawrence, Kansas, is one of four Tribal colleges and universities awarded a Tribal College Small Business Achievement Grant by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
ONE FEATHER PHOTOS
COMMUNITY ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
University professor makes annual fall color prediction for mountains
Beverly Collins, Western Carolina University’s fall color forecaster, announced her bold predictions this week that leaf looking season this year will be pleasant and reasonably colorful in the region.
EBCI tribal member wins national award
Kimberly Smith, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians from the Yellowhill Community, was this year’s only recipient of the National President’s Award at the Virtual Leadership Summit II, hosted by the Federally Employed Women(FEW) organization.
Qualla Arts & Crafts celebrates 75 years of craft excellence
Seventy-five years to the day, officials at Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual, Inc. (Qualla) celebrated the start of one of the most successful Native American craft co-ops in the country.
OPINIONS ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ
SPEAKING OF FAITH: Rich or poor, eternity is forever
By TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR (Transcribed by Myra D. Colgate) Cherokee Pentecostal Holiness Church Read Luke 16:19-31; 1 Corinthians 3:11-16; Can we each be going to Heaven as wealthy men? Or are we going to be among those who are to be destined to be...
COMMENTARY: Is ignorance bliss?
It is probably a good time to revisit the many outcries by the One Feather and the community regarding the continued need for an organized office for the distribution of public information and at least an update of the Cherokee Code section dealing with public records.
SPEAKING OF FAITH: Rich or poor, eternity is forever…
What’s interesting to me our lives are coming to an end, and Eternity is coming along, we can know there was one who now gets to Iive in richness and the other will be finding out just how ‘poor’ he really is.
SPORTS ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
CROSS COUNTRY: Regional meet held at Asheville Christian
The 1A West Regional cross country meet was held on the morning of Saturday, Oct. 27 at the Asheville Christian cross country course in Swannanoa.
ON THE SIDELINES: A track star with a big heart
While on the sidelines at various events, I’ve had the opportunity to meet some cool athletes (high school, college, and professional), but it’s not everyday that you get to meet an Olympic medalist.
RUNNING: Hundreds brave rain for Cherokee harvest race
Nearly 1,000 runners and walkers braved cold, driving rain to participate in the Cherokee Harvest 5K and Half Marathon on the morning of Saturday, Oct. 20.
OBITUARIES ᏧᏂᏲᎰᏒ
OBITUARY: Linda Carol Crowe
Linda Carol Crowe, 71 years of Cherokee, N.C., passed away on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. She was born on Thursday, July 12, 1951, in Cherokee, the daughter of Richard Crowe “G-pa Geet” and Berdina Powell “Granny Birdie”.
OBITUARY: Frank Welch
Funeral services for Frank Welch, 85, of Sisseton, S.D., were held on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023 at Family Life Center, Sisseton, S.D. with Pastor Vern Donnell officiating.
OBITUARY: David Allen “Dave” Parker
David Allen “Dave” Parker, 61, of Long Branch in Cherokee, N.C., passed away following an extended illness on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023 while among family at the Cherokee Indian Hospital.
HAPPENINGS
Birdtown Community Club meeting on Fair
Sept. 21 at 7pm at the Birdtown Community Building. This is the first official meeting for volunteers on building a float for the Cherokee Indian Fair Parade and for volunteers to help build the community booth at the Fair. Light refreshments will be served.
Sneed Family Reunion
Oct. 11 at the Yellowhill Activity Center. Includes all Archibald and Mary Ann Blythe Sneed descendants. Lunch at 12pm. Pot luck with turkey and dressing and baked ham provided along with beverages and paper products. Bring side dishes and desserts. 1pm – Sneed...
Cherokee Historical/Culture Meeting
Sept. 23 at 5pm at the Qualla Boundary Public Library. Anita Finger-Smith will be providing a short tutorial of Ancestry.com. Attendees will then be able to use the Library’s computers to access Ancestry.com for free. Info: Mary Wachacha 497-5350 or 788-1196 or...
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
OICA to exhibit paintings by TJ Holland
The gallery at the Oconaluftee Institute for Cultural Arts will be featuring an exhibition of paintings by artist TJ Holland, an EBCI tribal member from the Snowbird Community, during the month of February. Holland's work explores Cherokee myths and legends in...
Native American Artist Exchange Program
In 2010, four EBCI members hosted four New England Native American artisans in Cherokee as part of the New England foundation for the Arts Native American Artist Exchange. The program will fund exchanges from all artistic disciplines traditional to contemporary...
OICA to feature photographs by Anna Fariello
The Oconaluftee Institute for Cultural Arts (OICA) will be featuring an exhibition of photographs in OICA Gallery during the month of January by author Anna Fariello.
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