NEWS ᎧᏃᎮᏓ
School Board discusses SROs and school safety
The Cherokee Central Schools (CCS) Board of Education met with several guests on Monday, Nov. 7 and covered a number of subjects.
Recognizing service: Post 143 honors veterans during event
Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces were honored during an event at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in the Council Fire Ballroom at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort.
Tribe’s medical cannabis business gearing up
Medical cannabis is in the works for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) and will be dispensed in 2023. Qualla is the corporation set up to run the business for the Tribe, and the dispensary will be located at a building known to many on the Qualla Boundary – the old Tribal Bingo Building.
ONE FEATHER PHOTOS
COMMUNITY ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
THANK YOU: Wolfe family says thanks for support of benefit
The Wolfe family would like to extend a huge thank you for your overwhelming support. The benefit for our sister (Jane Wolfe) was a huge success.
Pipestem named National Merit semifinalist
Parrish Pipestem, a student at Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, Okla., has been named a semifinalist in the 66th Annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
Qualla Country Trout Tournament winners
The 2020 Qualla Country Trout Tournament was held in Cherokee on Sept. 4-5. A total of 6,000 lbs. of fish were stocked in the days just prior to the tournament on Sept. 1-3 and 217 tagged fish were stocked on Sept. 4 after fishing hours.
OPINIONS ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ
COMMENTARY: When it is time to dance, who leads?
A small group of people have been diligently at work in an attempt to engage community input for a tribal constitution.
SPEAKING OF FAITH: Bearing much fruit…
“Go back to Isaiah, yes, and we see this is the Day. We see what happens on Day One of the first year, Year Two and then in Year Three, we see it is where we will reap what has been sown by us.
SPEAKING OF FAITH: Change by growing in faith
“If a person is having problems loving their enemies, something’s not right. When one gets cut off in traffic, one doesn’t have to like that, but neither should they act a fool. Is it possible not to be like that? If one is rooted in the right place the fruit will work itself out. How can that happen? Look at one’s neighbor and say, he doesn’t always get it right, but he’s getting better and better.
SPORTS ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
ON THE SIDELINES: Shawn Crowe, “The Announcer of the Braves”
If you’ve set foot in the Charles George Memorial Arena for a basketball game, chances are you’ve heard the booming, always entertaining, voice of Shawn Crowe, an EBCI tribal member.
BASKETBALL: Lady Braves cruise in first round game
Raylen Bark, Lady Braves sophomore point guard, hit an inside shot seven seconds into the game and Cherokee (17-6) rolled from that point on as they cruised over Hiwassee Dam 71-52 on the evening of Tuesday, Feb. 20.
WRESTLING: Cherokee wrestlers compete at state
Three members of the Cherokee Braves varsity wrestling team competed at the state tournament held at the Greensboro Coliseum on Feb. 16-17.
OBITUARIES ᏧᏂᏲᎰᏒ
OBITUARY: Wayne Wachacha
Wayne Wachacha, 78, of Robbinsville, passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side on the night of Wednesday, June 15, 2022. He went to his heavenly home where was greeted by his beloved wife of 54 years, Evelyn Taylor Wachacha.
OBITUARY: Lucy B. Teesateskie
Lucy B. Teesateskie, commonly known as “Lucy T”, age 77, passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at Tsali Care Center after a brief illness.
OBITUARY: Ralph Elliot Burgess
Ralph Elliot Burgess, fondly known as “Bud”, passed away on Thursday, June 9, 2022 at Cherokee Indian Hospital after an extended illness. He was 80 years old, born April 12, 1942.
HAPPENINGS
Learn “How to Start a Business” at SCC this fall
Over the approaching weeks and months, Southwestern Community College will offer several free opportunities for aspiring entrepreneurs to attend a class entitled “How to Start a Business.”
Raymond Jackson and Furman Wilson Memorial Brush Arbor Gospel Singing
Aug. 22-23 at 7pm at the Singing Grounds in Snowbird past the Jacob Cornsilk Community Center. Featured singers include: Walking By Faith (NC), Old path Quartet (Ga.), Styles Family (NC), Wilson Family (NC), Shining Pathway Qt. (NC), Cougnell Family (NC), Welch...
N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs Recognition Committee meeting
Aug. 12 from 10am – 3:30pm in the Governor’s Crime Commission Offices, 1201 Front Street, Raleigh. The purpose of the meeting is to review the state recognition process and review and discuss genealogical, vital records, and membership information submitted by the...
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Tribal Member breaking into Hip Hop on his terms
Uno (real name Matt Bryant), is an EBCI tribal member who is determined to make it in the hip hop world on his terms.
Trudell shines in "Lines from a Mined Mind"
A review of Santee Sioux John Trudell’s latest poetic work “Lines from a Mined Mind.”
'Nawlins meets Native
Dr. Honey Dawn Karima Pettigrew, Ph.D, One Feather contributor, interviews Cocoa Crappel, lead singer of Cannes Brulees.
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