NEWS ᎧᏃᎮᏓ
CCS approves Tim Hawkins as next head football coach
In its latest meeting, the Cherokee Central Schools (CCS) Board of Education approved a new head football coach and hosted a conversation on mental health support at the school.
Sign dedication held at site of Sand Town
A sign dedication took place recognizing the location of the post-Removal Cherokee community of Sand Town (Nvyohi) on Saturday, June 3.
Council considers various referendum items
Tribal Council considered several pieces of legislation involving potential referendum items during its regular session on Thursday, June 1. One of those was passed, and the other two were tabled for further discussion.
ONE FEATHER PHOTOS
COMMUNITY ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
Cherokee Nation adds 16 bee pollinator homes to heirloom garden
The Cherokee Nation has installed 16 new bee pollinator homes in the tribe’s heirloom garden in Tahlequah as part of a new initiative by First Lady January Hoskin to boost the population of pollinators while improving the environment.
EBCI freshman college students facing challenges amid COVID-19
High school graduations, in whatever form they took, are over and recent graduates are now looking at a whole new set of challenges as they prepare to enter college this fall.
Tribal member wins award as part of Duke’s Alpha Pi Omega sorority
Scarlett Guy, an evolutionary anthropology junior from Cherokee, was named Honeycomb of the Year.
OPINIONS ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ
SPEAKING OF FAITH: He has already equipped each one
By TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR (Transcribed by Myra D. Colgate) Cherokee Pentecostal Holiness Church When you say, “I’m little. I don’t know enough. I don’t know a lot.” With your permission, God can still use what He has already given you. Choosing to...
COMMENTARY: Tiptoeing through banishments
During Budget Council on Feb. 1, Tribal Council engaged in a discussion of banishment law. They talked about how hard it would be to banish a tribal member because, in our Cherokee Code, it has been made clear that any tribal member permanently banished by Tribal Council will also be disenrolled. Some have stated that they “just couldn’t bring themselves to remove someone from membership in the Tribe.”
COMMENTARY: Selling our culture
Cultural appropriation. From the tomahawk chop to the Jeep Cherokee to car dealership, cigar shop style Indian statues towering over a heavily trafficked road, it is interwoven into American society. Some Indigenous members of our communities are outspoken and repulsed by it. Others just chuckle and say that it is part of living for Natives in America.
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: Priscilla George
Priscilla George, age 49, passed away on Monday, June 20, 2022 after a long battle with cancer.
OBITUARY: Rebecca Sue Goings Thompson
Rebecca Sue Goings Thompson, age 67, of Cherokee, formally of Broken Bow, Okla., passed away on Thursday, June 16, 2022 at Cherokee Indian Hospital after an extended illness.
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.
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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