NEWS ᎧᏃᎮᏓ
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).
Pride in product: Cherokee’s cannabis operation
The sun shines through the top of a greenhouse as a Cherokee agriculturist tends to his plants. James Bradley, cultivation manager at the cannabis farm operated by Qualla Enterprises, LLC in the Birdtown Community, planted the first seed at the operation and works hard to expand his own knowledge and skill in working with the plants.
Referendum on adult-use cannabis will be on September ballot
Voters of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) will get to vote on whether or not to allow adult-use (sometimes referred to as recreational) cannabis on tribal lands.
2026 4th of July Powwow
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COMMUNITY ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
NSF grant will aid WCU in preserving several biological collections
Tucked away in a small room in Western Carolina University’s Stillwell Building is the university’s herbarium, which consists of roughly 36,500 plant specimens, mostly from the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
CCS working with the Tribe to solve remote learning issues
It was a short meeting for the School Board, and most of the discussion was focused on one thing – remote learning.
Second season of sochan gathering program sees increases
The EBCI Natural Resources Program issued a report on the second season of sochan gathering in the Park recently noting that 12.3 bags were gathered which amounted to 330 servings of sochan.
OPINIONS ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ
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.
COMMENTARY: Response to commentary mentioning commodities
First, I wish to thank Mr. Robert Jumper for his article and sharing his memories and perspective of the commodity program. As the manager of the Tribal Food Distribution (Commodity) Program, I would like to respond to his article.
COMMENTARY: Let’s freshen up the U.S. flags on the Boundary
Each morning as I come into work from the Painttown area, I come through downtown Cherokee. Lately, I’ve noticed more and more tattered U.S. flags in downtown and some in other parts of the Qualla Boundary.
SPORTS ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
WRESTLING: Toineeta wins 1A West Regional
Anthony Toineeta, senior member of the Cherokee Braves wrestling team, won the 1A West Regional title in the 160lb division on Saturday, Feb. 11 at Alleghany High School.
TRACK & FIELD: Locust places 8th at Indoor Championships
Cherokee’s Byron Locust placed eighth in the boys shot put finals at the 1A/2A Indoor Track & Field Championships on Friday, Feb. 10 at the JDL Fast Track facility in Winston-Salem.
BASKETBALL: Big Smoky Mountain Conference tournament match-ups
Big Smoky Mountain Conference tournament match-ups
OBITUARIES ᏧᏂᏲᎰᏒ
OBITUARY: Terry Ward Wright
Terry Ward Wright, 53, passed away on Saturday, June 18, 2022, at Memorial Mission Hospital.
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.
HAPPENINGS
WNC Youth Entrepreneurship Camp
July 21-24 at the Wolftown Gym. The camp, for kids ages 10-14, gives kids the opportunity to have fun while learning the skills that make business people successful. The first 20 applicants can get a $200 scholarship. The cost of the camp is $250. Info: Sequoyah...
Kylana Sampson Rattler birthday greeting
Painttown Community upcoming events
Clean-up Day, June 21 at 2pm Community Meeting, June 30 at 5:30pm Host Community Club Council, July 7 at 6pm
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