NEWS ᎧᏃᎮᏓ
Council passes legislation to limit smoking at Casinos
Patrons and employees at either of the casino properties owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will no longer be subject to smoking on a large scale. Tribal Council passed Ord. No. 3 (2021) during its regular session on Thursday, Dec. 9 which limits where people can smoke at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort and Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River in Murphy.
Cherokee National Research Center celebrates grand opening
Tribal officials celebrated the grand opening of the Cherokee National Research Center in Tahlequah, Okla. on Wednesday, Dec. 8. The state-of-the-art facility is serving as a temporary home to the Nation’s foremost collection of historic Cherokee-related documents and cultural artifacts from the 1700s through present day.
Gordon Ramsay Food Market coming to Harrah’s Cherokee
The world-renowned and multi-Michelin star chef is opening a Gordon Ramsay Food Market with Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort. This will be the first of its kind in the United States. Ramsay has numerous restaurants across the country, with many of those coming in partnership with Harrah’s Cherokee’s parent company Caesars Entertainment.
ONE FEATHER PHOTOS
COMMUNITY ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
Job Corps, Mother Town Healing Project form partnership
The Oconaluftee Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center (OJCCCC) and the EBCI TERO Office’s Mother Town Healing Project have established a blossoming partnership. Participants from the Project have been working internships at the Center for the past couple of months.
Cherokee Nation helps educators with STEM funding
More than 100 teachers from across northeast Oklahoma participated in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math training during Cherokee Nation’s annual Teachers of Successful Students conference.
EBCI Public Health and Human Services recognized as leader in Public Health Accreditation
The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) awarded EBCI’s Public Health and Human Services (PHHS) at the 2018 National Tribal Public Health Summit, held recently in Prior Lake, Minn., for achieving substantial gains in public health improvement.
OPINIONS ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ
COMMENTARY: Reply to One Feather Commentary: We are all getting older
I am a geriatrician, a doctor who specializes in taking care of older people.
COMMENTARY: We are all getting older
I am at that age. I am looking and thinking more elderly. As one of my old pastors used to say about his hair, “What hasn’t turned grey has turned loose!”
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: New management, same theater
I understand that the Cherokee Cinema is under “new management”. I went there on Jan. 30 at 6:30 p.m. to watch “1917”. Our room had no heat until the movie was half over. There was no picture for previews. The bathrooms were horrible and the urinals were...
SPORTS ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
2015 CHS Lady Braves Volleyball Schedule
This is the 2015 CHS Lady Braves Volleyball Schedule.
ON THE SIDELINES: Football fans come in all shapes and sizes
We’ve all heard the above statements screamed over and over at games at all levels from pee wees to pros, and that makes me think of the different types of football fans.
ON THE SIDELINES: Booster Club deserves pat on the back
Legendary basketball coach John Wooden once said, “It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.” To me, it seems as though he very well could have been talking about the Cherokee High School Braves Booster Club.
OBITUARIES ᏧᏂᏲᎰᏒ
OBITUARY: Joseph Clifton Gibson (J.C. / Jake)
Joseph Clifton Gibson, 74, of Cherokee, passed away in his home on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020.
OBITUARY: Gary Dean (Boots) Smith
Gary Dean (Boots) Smith, 64, passed away unexpectedly in his home on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. A lifelong resident of Cherokee, he loved gardening and the outdoors.
OBITUARY: Douglas Swimmer
Douglas Swimmer, 72, of Cherokee, passed away peacefully at his home, after an extended illness, on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020.
HAPPENINGS
Looking for a cemetery to bury your loved one? Notice to the public about a cemetery in the Wolfetown Community
Mary Burgess Blythe, died on Dec. 19, 1984 at the age of 92, and was the wife of the late Principal Chief Jarrett Blythe, and a resident of the Wolftown Community. Mary Burgess Blythe left her tribal property in the Wolfetown Community for the benefit of all tribal...
Cherokee culture, history and genealogy to be discussed
Do you have an interest in Cherokee history? Are you wondering who your Eastern Band of Cherokee tribal ancestors are? Interested in the Cherokee language? Are you interested in Cherokee Culture? If so, you are invited to attend a meeting at the Qualla Boundary...
Notice to all EBCI Registered Nurses, FNPs, and MSNs
A community effort is being made to identify all EBCI tribal members who are Registered Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Master degree Nurses, etc. who are willing to share basic information about your nursing education. The information wanted is very simple: the full...
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