NEWS ᎧᏃᎮᏓ
Dogwood Health Trust donates to Center for Native Health
Dogwood Health Trust recently awarded more than $1 million over three years to the Center for Native Health to further strengthen and expand The Medical Careers and Technology Pipeline (MedCaT) for Indigenous and rural Appalachian students. Started in 2010, MedCaT
Cherokee Police Commission talks Tribal X and NRE
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) Police Commission held its monthly meeting on Monday, Oct. 25 and discussed advances in the justice system and a continuing need for manpower.
CIPD arrests two for trafficking controlled substances
The joint efforts of the Cherokee Indian Police Department (CIPD) SWAT team, the CIPD Narcotics Division, Tribal ALE, and Tribal ALE K9 Agent Vader resulted in the arrests of two men – both with trafficking amounts of controlled substances – in the early morning hours of Friday, Oct. 22.
ONE FEATHER PHOTOS
COMMUNITY ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
Community Garden Kits distributed
This year’s community garden kit giveaway landed on the start of a beautiful spring day.
Arkansas accepted to Yale, Stanford
Nolan Arkansas, an EBCI tribal member and senior at Cherokee High School, has been accepted to two of the most prestigious universities in the country. Now, he just has to decide whether to attend Yale University in New Haven, Conn. or Stanford University in California.
Tribal members attend AISES Leadership Summit
The 2018 AISES Leadership Summit held recently in Alpine, Calif. included representatives from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians including: Michael Thompson, Kayla Johnson, Shana Lambert, Tonya Carroll, Tara McCoy, Savannah Hicks, and Cherokee Nation member Alicia Jacobs.
OPINIONS ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ
COMMENTARY: Observations and random thoughts – Meet the new boss….issue.
A famous poet once said, “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss”.
SPEAKING OF FAITH: The calling…ours, too
“The Church (Pentecostal) today seems to have found that in many respects, reverence, healing, and the Fear of God has gone. The Church has grown cold. (Exercise prayer.)
COMMENTARY – “Fall Festival” 2019
The centuries old Cherokee Indian Fair has been the most expensive event in the long list of seasonal events that the Tribe sponsors and executes.
SPORTS ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
GOLF: Ensley named All-Conference, Braves clinch Regionals Berth
Cherokee High School junior, Christian Ensley, was named All-Conference at the conclusion of the Smoky Mountain Conference tournament at the Sapphire National Golf Club on Monday, April 27.
SOCCER: Swain tops Lady Braves 3-0
Storm Ledford, an EBCI tribal member at Swain, got a hat-trick to lead the Lady Maroon Devils over the Lady Braves 3-0 in a game at Swain on Monday, April 27.
GOLF: Ensley leads Braves to Victory at the final match of the season
Christian Ensley shot an 83 to finish first in the individual category and lead the Braves to victory in their final regular season match of the season at Sapphire National Golf Club in Sapphire on Tuesday, April 20.
OBITUARIES ᏧᏂᏲᎰᏒ
OBITUARY: Mary Ross Visage
Mary Ross Visage, 82, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) from Blairsville, Ga. made her journey to her heavenly home on Wednesday, June 24, 2020.
OBITUARY: Betty Bradley Ball
Betty Bradley Ball, 78, of the Balltown community in Swain County, followed her husband Charles Ray to their heavenly home to walk the streets of Glory hand and hand on Saturday, June 27, 2020.
OBITUARY: Robert Cain Bigmeat
Robert Cain Bigmeat, 71, passed away on Saturday, June 27, 2020 after a brief illness.
HAPPENINGS
A Future Agriculture Facility? Community Planning meeting
March 18 and April 29 from 6-8pm in the school cafeteria at the Smoky Mountain Elementary School. The purpose of these community outreach meetings is to get the public’s input on the development of the Drexel site, so to meet real community needs for placed based...
Fundraising Lunch
March 6 from 11am – 1:30pm at the Yellowhill Community Building. This is a benefit for Correna Elders Barker who is running for county commissioner in Swain County. The lunch will consist of spaghetti, salad, dessert and drink for $7.
Autism Society Parent meeting
March 10 at 6pm in the Smoky Mountain Elementary School. This meeting of the Jackson, Swain and Qualla Boundary Chapter of the Autism Society of North Carolina is for parents of kids on the autism spectrum in those counties including “Dreamcatcher” parents whose...
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