NEWS ᎧᏃᎮᏓ
One Feather staffer receives $5,000 grant from International Women’s Media Foundation
Brooklyn Brown, a reporter for the Cherokee One Feather, recently applied for and received an individual grant of $5,000 from the International Women’s Media Foundation Fund for Indigenous Journalists: Reporting on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit and Transgender People (MMIWG2T).
Tribal Council Chairman’s report
Delegates from EBCI attended the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Annual Conference held in New Orleans, La. on Nov. 12-17.
Cherokee funeral home owner indicted on child sex offenses
Bruce Martin Jr., 51, owner of Long House Funeral Home in Cherokee, N.C., was indicted by a grand jury in Jackson County on Nov. 13, 2023, on six child sex offenses, including one count of statutory sexual offense with a child by an adult, four counts of indecent liberties with a child, and one count of statutory sexual offense with a person who is 15 or younger.
ONE FEATHER PHOTOS
COMMUNITY ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
Cherokee student participates in REU Program at UT
By GALEN FADER Special to the One Feather KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Many college students use their time off school to relax or de-stress, but one aspiring chemist spent her summer working with cutting-edge technology instead. Robin Reed, a graduate of Cherokee High...
By JONAH LOSSIAH One Feather Staff Shana Bushyhead Condill was announced as the new executive director of the Museum of the Cherokee Indian in June and says she has hit the ground running. Shana Condill, new executive director of the Museum of the Cherokee...
Harrah’s Cherokee Casinos makes $70,000 Donation to Folds of Honor
Harrah’s Cherokee Casinos has announced the company will donate $70,000 to support Folds of Honor, a non-profit organization that assists military families by providing educational scholarships to spouses and children of America’s fallen and disabled service members.
OPINIONS ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ
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.
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...
COMMENTARY: Our community…and the world…is watching
Recent events bring up a truth that bears constant remembrance and reminder. It was beat into my head during my education in business and marketing and has been borne out for decades in my career; “Perception is reality”.
SPORTS ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
CROSS COUNTRY: CMS hosts Cross Country Invitational
Following are the results from the Cherokee Middle School XC Invitational held on Thursday, Sept. 6:
FOOTBALL: Braves double Blues on rainy night
For such a wet and rainy night, Cherokee (2-1) and Asheville School (2-1) surely put up some big offensive numbers.
CROSS COUNTRY: Cherokee teams compete in Hendersonville, Murphy
The Cherokee High School cross country team competed in the WNC Cross Country Carnival in Hendersonville on Saturday, Aug. 25, and the CMS team competed in the Valley River Mudder in Murphy on the same day.
OBITUARIES ᏧᏂᏲᎰᏒ
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.
OBITUARY: Henry Robert Youngdeer
Henry Robert Youngdeer, age 64, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, at Mission Hospital following an extended illness.
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”.
HAPPENINGS
15th Annual Maple Leaf Festival
Oct. 11 from 10am – 4pm on Main Street in Whittier. Live music, face painting, wagon rides, local crafters, and more. All proceeds go to benefit various community outreach projects including the Grace House Food Pantry. Info: Gloria Nolan, festival organizer,...
Fight Lab to return to Harrah’s Cherokee
Fresh off the heels of an exciting August 16 event, the Fight Lab series returns to Cherokee this October. Sixteen regional fighters converged on Cherokee on August 16, marking the first professional fighting event at Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort in two years. The...
Mountainside Theatre Performing Arts School classes
Sept. 16 and every Tuesday and Thursday evening. Acting 1/Intermediate, for ages 8 and over, will be offered every Tuesday from 6-7pm. Musical Theatre class, for ages 5 and over, will be every Thursday from 6-7pm. Community Theatre, for ages 14 and over, is also...
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Art League of the Smokies to host Watercolor Canvas discussion
By EUGENIA L. JOHNSON The next Art League of the Smokies meeting will be held on Thursday, July 7, at 6:15 pm at Swain County Center for the Arts. The DVD “Secrets of Painting on Watercolor Canvas,” with Tom Lynch will be shown. On this 50 minute DVD Tom Lynch...
Grant develops new stone carving medium
John Grant is an Air Force veteran and has been a police officer with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and a gaming host at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel. But, one thing the EBCI tribal member has always been is an artist.
Submit Artwork for 9-Week Community Art Exhibit at Swain County Center for the Arts
Local artists and artisans in Swain and surrounding counties are invited to submit up to 4 original works of art for the annual community art exhibit at Swain County Center for the Arts.
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