NEWS ᎧᏃᎮᏓ
Taylor, Foerst named top students in CHS Class of 2022
Two ambitious and studious young women have been named the top students in the Cherokee High School Class of 2022. Abigail Taylor and Aria Foerst have been named the valedictorian and salutatorian respectively.
Two ambitious and studious young women have been named the top students in the Cherokee High School Class of 2022. Abigail Taylor and Aria Foerst have been named the valedictorian and salutatorian respectively.
Cherokee Tribes come together to celebrate Kituwah
The sounds of people laughing, games being played, songs being sung, and the Cherokee language being spoken filled the valley at Kituwah on Saturday, May 21 as the three federally recognized Cherokee Tribes – the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), the Cherokee Nation, and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians of Oklahoma (UKB) – came together to celebrate the Mother Town being back under Cherokee control.
Groundbreaking held for “new” Tribal Foods Distribution building
The Tribal Foods Distribution Program of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) will move into its new home next summer. A groundbreaking was held on the warm afternoon of Thursday, May 19 for a project that will see a part of an existing building renovated and part of it torn down and rebuilt as a two-story, nearly 8,000 square feet addition for the Program.
ONE FEATHER PHOTOS
COMMUNITY ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
Lambert recognized in Winds of Change (AISES) magazine
Nelson Lambert still remembers the first time he set foot in the Las Vegas offices of BMM Testlabs.
Tribal Council Awards given to EBCI students
The annual Tribal Council Awards were given on Wednesday, May 9 to area students who are EBCI tribal members and excelled this past school year.
Cherokee Preservation Foundation awards 20 grants totaling $2.5 million
The Cherokee Preservation Foundation recently awarded 20 grants for spring 2018 for a total of more than $2.5 million.
OPINIONS ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ
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...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Support Mother Town Healing Program
Mother Town does a wonderful job cleaning the graves off for people. They need all the support for what they do. Signed, Dede Davis
SPORTS ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
BASKETBALL: Lady Braves are Runner-Up in Western Region
The Cherokee Lady Braves (25-4) ended their season in the 1A West Regional Finals on Saturday, March 7 in Winston-Salem.
BASKETBALL: Toineeta pours in 36 as Lady Braves roll in semis
Kendall Toineeta, Lady Braves senior point guard, is on a mission and she proved it Friday night. She scored 36 points to lead Cherokee to a 66-53 win over the Albemarle Lady Bulldogs in the 1A West Regional semifinals.
BASKETBALL: FIVE IN A ROW!
The Cherokee Lady Braves (24-3) won their fifth straight 1A West Sectional Championship at home on Tuesday, March 3.
OBITUARIES ᏧᏂᏲᎰᏒ
OBITUARY: Perry Dean Sequoyah
He was born in Cherokee to the late Gilbert Smith and Jesse Kay Sequoyah.
OBITUARY: Jody Mark Davis
Jody Mark Davis, 47 of Cherokee, never met a person he didn’t like, and everyone who met him loved him.
OBITUARY: Johnny Michael McCarter
Johnny Michael McCarter, age 85 of Barnesville, Ga. passed away at home Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020.
HAPPENINGS
Sequoyah Fund Indianpreneurship Course
Mondays from Feb. 24 – March 10 in the large conference room in the Ginger Lynn Welch Complex. This five-week course will meet weekly to discuss the basics of starting a business. It is a requirement for new business owners seeking Sequoyah Fund loan. Anyone who...
Fundraiser for Kara Martin
Jan. 31 from 11am – 2pm at the EMS Building on Acquoni Road. Indian dinners $7 or chili and frybread for $6, drink included. Kara is raising money for her trip to Albuquerque, NM to run for Miss Indian World at the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow in April. Call...
Per Capita notice for EBCI tribal members
To be considered for the June 2014 per capita distribution, completed enrollment applications for new applicants must be submitted to the Enrollment Office by Friday, March 14 at 4:30pm. Enrollment applications received after this date will not be considered for the...
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