NEWS ᎧᏃᎮᏓ
Park experiences more than 12 million visits in 2020
Great Smoky Mountains National Park experienced the second busiest year on record in 2020.
Anniversary approaching of Cherokee’s first COVID-19 case
Later this month, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) will mark a year since the first case of COVID-19 was reported in the Cherokee community.
NCDHHS, EBCI opens Medicaid and Food and Nutrition Services Eligibility Office in Cherokee
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) Division of Public Health and Human Services (PHHS) have established an EBCI/NCDHHS Medicaid and Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) Eligibility Office in Cherokee. The office open officially on Monday, March 1.
ONE FEATHER PHOTOS
COMMUNITY ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
Jones-Bowman Fellows go on weekend retreat
The current nine member cohort of Jones-Bowman Leadership Award Program Fellows, along with four Mentors and one Advisory Committee member, recently spent the weekend at the YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly in Black Mountain.
Cherokee Youth Council represents in Oklahoma City
Recently, the Cherokee Youth Council represented the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians at the UNITY (United National Indian Tribal Youth) Conference in Oklahoma City, Okla.
Cherokee Pride award winners for July
Cherokee Campground, Peter’s Pancakes and Waffles, and the Elvis Museum have won Cherokee Pride Awards for the month of July.
OPINIONS ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ
COMMENTARY: Keep the information flowing
Tribal Code defines what is and isn’t public information. The purpose of the law is important.
COMMENTARY: Trump and Metamucil…
In the world of politics, John McCain was head and shoulders above the sort of swamp dweller that now haunts the hallways of the Senate and House of Representatives.
LETTER: Tribal member supports community policing
New officers that are taught bad culture or habits by others that was taught to them isn’t good.
SPORTS ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
TRACK & FIELD: Sutton takes second at State Meet
Cherokee senior Stevi Sutton took second place in the girls shot put at the 1A State Track & Field Championship at North Carolina A&T in Greensboro on Friday, May 9 with a throw of 35-7.50. She placed just inches behind Samantha Welborn, Starmount, who threw 35-10.75.
WRESTLING: McCoy wins MAAC Award
EBCI tribal member Spencer McCoy, a junior at Swain County High School, won the White & Williams Co. Award for the top 1A/2A Male Athlete in an Olympic Sport at the 53rd Annual MAAC (Mountain Amateur Athletic Club) Awards Banquet.
Mother’s Day 5K rainy, successful
Rain, rain, go away, come again another day. Well, it didn’t go away, but that didn’t stop almost 135 people, including 91 runners, who braved the pouring rain to participate in the annual Cherokee Choices Mother’s Day 5K on Saturday, May 10 at the Acquoni Expo Center.
OBITUARIES ᏧᏂᏲᎰᏒ
Albin Rex Gwaltney – obituary
Albin Rex Gwaltney passed away Tuesday, April 3, 2019 at the age of 64. Diagnosed with cancer, he battled it for nearly four months. Monday night he was admitted into Cherokee Indian Hospital and passed Tuesday around 6:30 p.m.
Catherine Redcloud – obituary
Catherine Redcloud, 70, of the Big Cove Community, went on to a better place free from pain on Monday, April 8, 2019.
Shelby Jean Lambert Hughes – obituary
Shelby Jean Lambert Hughes, 81, of Clayton, Ga., passed away at North East Georgia Medical Center.
HAPPENINGS
Cherokee Turkey Strut race flyer
Community Basketball registration extended
Registration for Community Basketball has been extended to Friday, Nov. 8. You can register at Birdtown Gym. Parents/guardians must provide a copy of the child's current physical and EBCI enrollment card (if enrolled) or a copy of the child's birth certificate if...
Cherokee Veteran’s Day Celebration flyer
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