NEWS ᎧᏃᎮᏓ
Husband charged with wife’s 2013 murder appears in federal court
Ernest D. Pheasant, Sr., 46, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), is charged with one count of first-degree murder in Indian Country. Pheasant made his initial court appearance on Monday, April 8, 2024, before U.S. Magistrate Judge W. Carleton Metcalf.
Chief’s Report for A-nv-yi (ᎠᏅᏱ)
March proved to be another busy month as we reached the six-month milestone of our new administration.
Sexual Assault Awareness Walk held in Cherokee
On the morning of April 3 beginning at the Water Beetle Stage of the Cherokee Welcome Center, the Office of the Principal Chief and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) Domestic Violence-Sexual Assault Program (DVSA) held a joint Sexual Assault Awareness event and walk in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The event was called Agwohiyu, meaning “I Believe.”
Talking Trees Children’s Trout Derby
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COMMUNITY ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
Tribal member named to statewide nonprofit board
Juanita Wilson, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), is one of five people selected statewide this year who were elected to membership in the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits (NCCNP).
Rachel Collins recognized as 2021 Mercy Award Winner
Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital announce Rachel Collins, RN as the 2021 Mercy Award winner.
Cherokee youth learning about raising chickens
The EBCI Cooperative Extension Office was full of smiles and the chirps of baby chickens ready to go to their new homes. It was distribution night for the Cherokee 4-H Youth Poultry Project as Sally Dixon and Benjamin Collette gave 10-12 chicks to each of the families in attendance at the event on the evening of Thursday, July 15.
OPINIONS ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ
SPEAKING OF FAITH: A Salvation Experience
Salvation causes a change in the newly born-again believer. Not only is there an outward change, but there is also an inward change. We become a NEW creature in Christ.
SPEAKING OF FAITH: The ‘Weight’ Of God’s Glory…
The Glory of the Lord is about to be poured out in this House. We have seen the Glory of the Lord. I’m ready to see the kind of Glory that literally shuts everything else down.
COMMENTARY: It isn’t all about the “per cap.”
This is another year of decision. We are in what the election board, and Code, call “election year.” It was designated, in part, to prevent our governors from creating preferential law, or to be perceived as creating preferential law to garner votes and stay in office. Equally, it was to protect the incumbent leadership from manipulation by special interests within the tribe.
SPORTS ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
Two tribal members participate in Swain’s Signing Day
A total of three athletes, including two EBCI tribal members, signed letters of intent to play college sports during a Signing Day event at Swain County High School on the afternoon of Wednesday, Feb. 7.
Five Cherokee athletes sign letters of intent
Five athletes at Cherokee High School signed letters of intent to play college sports on National Signing Day. Four members of the Cherokee Braves 1A State Championship football team and one member of the Lady Braves basketball team signed during a ceremony held in the Charles George Memorial Arena on the afternoon of Wednesday, Feb. 7.
BASKETBALL: Braves, Lady Braves finish regular season atop Conference
The Cherokee Braves (16-3) and Lady Braves (14-5) both finished their regular season atop the Big Smoky Mountain Conference.
OBITUARIES ᏧᏂᏲᎰᏒ
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”.
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.
HAPPENINGS
Smokemont Revival and Homecoming
Aug. 4-9 at 7pm. The Homecoming will be Aug. 10 at 10am. Everyone is welcome.
Sequoyah Remembrance Day
Aug. 3 at the Sequoyah Birthplace Museum in Vonore, Tenn. Free admission to the Museum from 12-5pm. Allen Fugate will be demonstrating silversmithing along with other Cherokee artisans demonstrating their skills. The 1809 Cherokee Blacksmith shop will be up and...
Benefit Dinner for Julie Maney
July 28 at 11am at the Yellowhill Community Building. Proceeds will help with travel expenses. $8 for chicken, cabbage, potatoes, fatback, bean bread, and drink.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Pensmoke’s debut, “Move Undetected”, won’t go unnoticed
Tsalagi rapper Pensmoke makes an auspicious debut with “Move Undetected”, his breakthrough cd.
Wade takes helm of Cultural Arts Center
Yona Wade recently took the helm of the Cherokee Cultural Arts Center at the Cherokee Central Schools.
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