NEWS ᎧᏃᎮᏓ
Visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park spent $2.1 billion in local communities in 2022
A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 12.9 million visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2022 spent $2.1 billion in communities near the park. That spending supported 32,590 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $3.3 billion.
EBCI takes lead on ancestor reburials in Kentucky
Over 50 Native American ancestors were reburied at an Army base and a national recreation area two years ago, and now a headstone inscribed with the Cherokee syllabary marks one of the sites.
Tribe opens housing project in Whittier
Sixteen housing units opened on Lambert Wilson Way in Whittier, N.C. following a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the warm afternoon of Wednesday, July 26. The units set on a 5.34 acre tract of land that is the site of the former Whittier School and are a project of the Cherokee Indian Housing Division of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI).
2026 4th of July Powwow
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COMMUNITY ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
THANK YOU: Student thanks Yogi Crowe Scholarship Fund
Thank you for your continued support going into my fall 2020 semester.
THANK YOU LETTER: Museum interim director thanks dedicated staff
I need to thank wholeheartedly, the people that work with the Museum of the Cherokee Indian.
Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle discusses her debut novel
I sat down with Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle a week before the official publication date of her new novel “Even As We Breathe”.
OPINIONS ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ
COMMENTARY: Political Theatre
My kneejerk reaction to these 10 minutes of the workings of our government was that I wished that the Chairperson had a media panic button or kill switch to disable the cameras and audio. I was embarrassed for our Tribe.
SPEAKING OF FAITH: The enemy’s focus…beware and be a courageously bold warrior
The Truth is, it’s the enemy’s focus on us in the Church that can highlight any problems we have seen lately.
Message from Chief Sneed re: Kituwah Society Guiding Principle (part two)
This message is Part 2 of the message about the Kituwah Society Guiding Principle: Strengthen one another with encouraging words and all that you do. Today I wanted to talk about encouraging one another.
SPORTS ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
BASKETBALL: King, Mintz named to NCBCA All-District Teams
Pooh King, Lady Braves senior point guard, has another award to add to her shelf. She has been named to the 2016-17 North Carolina Basketball Coaches Association All-District First Team.
TRACK & FIELD: Cherokee participates in Franklin meet
The Cherokee High School boys and girls track teams participated in a regular meet at Franklin High School on Thursday, March 9.
WRESTLING: Toineeta named All-Conference
Anthony Toineeta, Cherokee senior, has been named to the Smoky Mountain All-Conference team. See full All-Conference team listing.
OBITUARIES ᏧᏂᏲᎰᏒ
OBITUARY: Moses Lossiah
Moses Lossiah, 73, of the Big Y Community, went home to be with the Lord Friday, July 8, 2022. A native of Cherokee, he was the son of the late David and Lydia WIlnoty Lossiah.
OBITUARY: John Norman Driver
John Norman Driver, age 60, passed away on Friday, July 8, 2022 at Mission Hospital following an extended illness.
OBITUARY: Marcell “Esi” Franklin Cline
Marcell “Esi” Franklin Cline, age 89, passed away on Thursday, July 7, 2022, at Vero Nursing Home after an extended illness.
HAPPENINGS
Cherokee Historical, Cultural, Language, and Genealogy Group meeting
June 26 at 5pm at the Ken Blankenship Education Wing at the Museum of the Cherokee Indian. The meeting will include a tour of the “back side” of the Museum acquainting the attendees with many resources of the Museum. Attendees will then be able to use the Museum’s...
American Cornhole Organization Worlds IX qualifier
Park to host “Women’s Work” event
On Saturday, June 21, Great Smoky Mountains National Park will host the annual Women’s Work Festival at the Mountain Farm Museum from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. This festival honors the vast contributions made by the women of Southern Appalachian, and showcases lifeways that...
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