NEWS ᎧᏃᎮᏓ
CCS School Board discusses remote learning and vaccine mandates
The Cherokee Central Schools (CCS) Board of Education held its first meeting in the conference room of the new administrative building on Monday, Oct. 18.
Long found guilty of misusing Tribal property
After 22 months of hearings and eight dismissed charges, a jury found Benjamin Cody Long guilty of ‘misusing Tribal property’ on the afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 14.
Council discusses Tribe’s future with USET
What began as a routine piece of legislation turned into a discussion on the future of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians’ (EBCI) association with USET (United South and Eastern Tribes).
ONE FEATHER PHOTOS
COMMUNITY ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
New Kituwah students compete in state Science & Engineering Fair
For the first time in the school’s history, the New Kituwah Academy will be represented at the North Carolina Science and Engineering Fair.
SCC and Mother Town Healing Project join forces to benefit local tribal members
In recent months, Southwestern Community College’s Educational Opportunities department has partnered with the Mother Town Healing Project through the Tribal Employment Rights Office (TERO) of the Qualla Boundary to provide employability skills training, career opportunities and additional support to tribal members recovering from addiction.
Miss Cherokee monthly report for January 2018
This January has been one for the books. I started my fourth semester at Carson-Newman University, and I have been preparing for my upcoming travel with my board.
OPINIONS ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ
COMMENTARY: The next chapter
I have never been a Tribal Council representative, but I sure do get to watch them work. It is part of the job.
SPEAKING OF FAITH: Each one digs out their wells
“Today’s world has poured into us its carnality,” began Pastor Tim. In reading the Scriptures given to Pastor Tim, we are to remember to, “Dig into the old ‘wells’, for the water to flow, so that all ‘planted seed’ will grow.”
COMMENTARY: I miss the Festival of Native Peoples
I miss the Festival of Native Peoples (FONP). Don’t you?
SPORTS ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
BASKETBALL: Camp to benefit Tahnee Arkansas Memorial Children’s Fund
Children will get to learn the basics of basketball at a camp this summer named in memory of a former Lady Brave.
ON THE SIDELINES: Be more like Wally and the Beaver
Lately, I’ve been watching a lot of the classic American television show Leave it to Beaver. One thing I’ve noticed is that Wally and the Beaver are always doing something involving exercise.
TRACK: Cherokee hosts rainy-day meet
The Cherokee varsity track team hosted a meet in the rain on Wednesday, April 15. The Braves took second place out of five teams with a score of 50.5, and the Lady Braves took second place out of three teams with a score of 39.
OBITUARIES ᏧᏂᏲᎰᏒ
OBITUARY: Karen Wayhyahneetah Parks
Karen Wayhyahneetah Parks, 81, daughter of the late William Leroy Wahnetah and Emma Cornsilk, passed away on June 13, 2020 in Phoenix, Ariz.
OBITUARY: Joseph Gabor Watson
Joseph Gabor Watson, 58, of Cherokee, passed away on Monday, June 15, 2020 after an extended illness at Harris Regional Hospital.
OBITUARY: Robert (Marty) Bishop
Robert Marvin (Marty) Bishop, of Lincolnton, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, June 15, 2020.
HAPPENINGS
Southern Gospel Singing
March 8 from 5-8pm in the Chief Joyce Dugan Cultural Arts Center. Info: Yona Wade 554-5124
Memorial for Robert J. Conley flyer
Hunter Safety Course
March 3, 4 and 6 from 6-9:30pm at the Shawn Blanton Emergency Operations Center in Cherokee. The EBCI Natural Resource Enforcement, in conjunction with the North Carolina Wildlife Commission, is offering this course. The class is limited to the first 25 to be...
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