NEWS ᎧᏃᎮᏓ
Tribal Council adopts Cherokee Speakers Memorial Day
On the morning of June 6, Dinilawigi (Tribal Council) voted unanimously to adopt Resolution No. 212 (2024), recognizing every Tuesday prior to Thanksgiving as Tsalagi Aniwonisgi Didanvdadisdi (Cherokee Speakers Memorial Day) to honor the lives of fluent Cherokee speakers who have passed.
Bingo could be coming back to Cherokee
Cherokee Tribal Bingo closed in 2020 due to COVID-19, and it never re-opened. Now, officials of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) are looking to start the operation again.
“We are all home”: Annual Kituwah Celebration held
The smell of bean bread wafted through the air as the sounds of children laughing, Cherokee songs being sung, and men and boys playing stickball could be heard. It was all at Kituwah, the Mother Town of the Cherokee.
2026 4th of July Powwow
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COMMUNITY ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
Museum of the Cherokee Indian announces appointment of new directors
The Museum of the Cherokee Indian (MCI) is expanding its leadership with the appointment of two new directors.
WNC Honors given to EBCI communities
The culmination of this year’s program occurred via Zoom on Thursday, Dec. 2 with over 100 community leaders and volunteers from 13 western North Carolina Counties and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI). Eight EBCI community centers were honored with cash awards and recognition, and seven won Best in Class awards.
‘A New Beginning’: Cherokee, USFW Service work together to preserve the land, relationship
The Cherokee, whose homeland once covered the Southern Appalachian mountains, consider Kituwah hallowed ground. Today, fittingly, it is also a conservation centerpiece for scientists with the tribe, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), and other agencies.
OPINIONS ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ
COMMENTARY: Ain’t nothing like grandma’s hands
“Grandma’s Hands” is a song that multiple artists have recorded their very own version of. Most of the lyrics are the same with a few insertions here and there. In Gladys Knight’s version of the song, there is a lyric that resonates with how deeply I love and appreciate my granny.
COMMENTARY: Leaving a bad taste
The Cherokee language is important. It is a treasure. It is a part of the characteristics of what it means to be Cherokee. Some have even insinuated that a tribal member’s very identity as a Cherokee rests on their knowledge of the language. It is considered part of the life’s blood of the community. To some.
SPEAKING OF FAITH: Resurrection Sunday, 2023
By REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR (Transcribed by Myra D. Colgate) Cherokee Pentecostal Holiness Church Read: Matthew 28: 1-10; John 20:12,18-23. “Yes, He is risen! I’m so glad He has gotten up! He got up, so I can get up! All of us who believe can know...
SPORTS ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
Cherokee represented at Speed Week
Men have been testing their mettle and their metal in the form of iron horse racing since 1912 at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Speed Week is held Aug. 11-17 at the Flats and Cherokee is being represented by one of the members of the Cherokee Blue Ridge Run event team.
Georgia man wins “life-changing money” at Harrah’s Cherokee WSOP event
Adam Ross, of Roswell, Ga., won $295,970 at the recent World Series of Poker (WSOP) event at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort.
ON THE SIDELINES: New season, new team…let them play
The last time we saw the Cherokee Braves football team in action, they were hoisting a 1A state championship trophy in the air following a rainy, sleety, snowy game against North Duplin.
OBITUARIES ᏧᏂᏲᎰᏒ
OBITUARY: Carol S. Welch
Carol S. Welch, 83, of the Big Cove Community, went home to be with the Lord Friday, April 28. A native of Cherokee, she was the daughter of the late James Smith and the late Helen Bradley Smith.
OBITUARY: Mary Ann Lambert
Mary Ann Lambert, 58, of Cherokee, passed away on Thursday, April 27, 2023, at her residence. She was born on Monday, Sept. 14, 1964, in Lakeland, Fla., the daughter Bessie Murphy Hampton and the late Frank Hampton.
OBITUARY: Carroll Ray Lambert Jr. “Ray”
Carroll Ray Lambert Jr. “Ray”, 50, of Robbinsville, passed away on Saturday, April 22, 2023, in his home. He was an avid Tar Heel fan, Black Knight fan, Dolphins fan, honorary Tennessee Volunteers fan, golf lover, deer hunter, deep sea fisher, proud husband, father, uncle, brother, son, and most of all – a best friend.
HAPPENINGS
Agriculture Opportunity Fair
Sept. 11 from 11am – 1:30pm in the Yellowhill Activity Center. Information on loans, grants and cost-share programs for Cherokee families, farmers and land owners. Visit booths with information that could help expand an agriculture business or enterprise. Info:...
Trace Adkins to play Holiday show at Harrah’s Cherokee
Trace Adkins returns to Cherokee for a special holiday show featuring songs from The King's Gift, and other Christmas favorites. Trace Adkins' trademark baritone has powered countless hits to the top of the charts and turned albums into Platinum plaques, selling over...
Cherokee Life Gyms, John A. Crowe Complex closed Aug. 19
All Cherokee Life Recreation Community Gyms and the John A. Crowe Complex will be closed today due to Emergency Management Training at the Birdtown Gym. If anyone has any questions or concerns they may call Tim Smith at (828) 736-0698. Cherokee Youth Football...
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Founding NMAI director appointed to Native Arts and Cultures Foundation
The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) has appointed W. Richard West, Jr. to its board of directors. West is founding director and director emeritus of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in Washington, D.C.
Programs partner to Help Cherokee Artists Market Work
Partners HandMade in America, Revitalization of Traditional Cherokee Artisan Resources (RTCAR), Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual and Oconaluftee Institute for Cultural Arts (OICA) are collaborating to offer the new certificate program entitled Certification in the Building Industry for Cherokee Craft Artists.
Native Internships with Stipend at Indian Arts Research Center
The School for Advanced Research, Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) offers two nine-month internships to Native individuals who are recent college graduates, current graduate students, or junior museum professionals interested in furthering their professional museum experience and enhancing their intellectual capacity for contributing to the expanding field and discourse of museum studies.
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