The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is looking at ways to cut costs and save energy – all with the flip of a switch. Energy efficient lights and lighting upgrades are the focus of Erin Evans, one of two Climate Corps Fellows with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) working with CDOT this summer.

Shan Goshorn, an EBCI tribal member living in Tulsa, won the AT&T Grand Prize at the 25th Annual Red Earth Festival’s juried art competition earlier this month. Her piece, “Educational Genocide – The Legacy of the Carlisle Indian Boarding”, was finished just in time to meet the competition deadline and took the top prize as she won a ribbon, medallion and $1,500.

Air, Ollie, Grind, and Fakie are just a few of the many skateboard terms that’ll be used frequently at the new Cherokee Action Sports Park, located across from Bradley’s Campground on Acquoni Road in the Yellowhill Community, which officially opened on Friday, June 10.