NEWS ᎧᏃᎮᏓ
Park sets visitation record with 14.1 million visits in 2021
Great Smoky Mountains National Park experienced the busiest year on record with 14,137,812 visits. Visitation exceeded the 2019 record by 1.5 million visits and 2020 visitation by more than 2 million visits.
Tennessee Army National Guard assists Park with winter rescue
Great Smoky Mountains National Park received emergency assistance from the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) and the Tennessee Army National Guard (TANG) to rescue a stranded hiker on Tuesday, Jan. 18.
Cynthia Chavez Lamar named director of the National Museum of the American Indian
Cynthia Chavez Lamar has been named director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, effective Feb. 14. She is the first Native woman to be named as a Smithsonian museum director. Chavez Lamar has been at the museum most recently since...
ONE FEATHER PHOTOS
COMMUNITY ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
Qualla Boiz making decals with Cherokee in mind
Qualla Boiz, a business owned by three EBCI tribal members, is specializing in decals with Cherokee designs.
SCC announces dean’s, president’s lists for spring semester
More than 170 students made the president’s list, and 151 others made the dean’s list for the spring semester at Southwestern Community College.
Davis named 2017 Mercy Award winner
Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital recently announced that Jamie Davis has been recognized as the hospitals’ 2017 Mercy Award winner.
OPINIONS ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ
EDITORIAL: Buy Native
The best return for our investment in the community comes from supporting the community’s economy.
SPEAKING OF FAITH: To choose to sin or not to sin
To choose to sin or not to sin…that is the only right that is freely granted to us.
LETTER: EBCI tribal member opposes Catawba casino proposal
The Catawba Indian Tribe is proposing a casino complex near Charlotte.
SPORTS ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
WCU captures title of ‘top adventure college’ in magazine poll
Results from an online poll have been tallied, and Western Carolina University has been announced as the No. 1 college for outdoor adventure in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic by a leading outdoors magazine.
BASEBALL/SOFTBALL: Teams fight downpours, mud in weekend’s NAYO tournament
The John A Crowe Recreation Complex and the Cherokee Central Schools baseball fields held the 2014 Native American Youth Organization (NAYO) baseball/softball tournament Thursday, July 17 through Saturday, July 19.
GOLF: PGA Pro-Am held at Sequoyah National
PGA professionals and golf amateurs from all over the Carolinas converged on The Sequoyah National Golf Club on Monday, July 14 and Tuesday, July 15 for the National Car Rental PGA Pro-Am Series golf tournament. The tournament attracted 33 PGA professionals and 99 amateur golfers to compete in the two-day event.
OBITUARIES ᏧᏂᏲᎰᏒ
Winnie Lee Nuñez – obituary
Winnie Lee Nuñez was born to Ernest and Mary Leauna Sneed in Cherokee on Dec. 14, 1939.
John Henry Maney – obituary
John Henry Maney, 89, of Cherokee, took his heavenly flight on March 4, 2020
Wanda Jackson Blythe – obituary
Wanda Jackson Blythe, 53, of the Jackson Branch Community in Robbinsville, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020 at her residence.
HAPPENINGS
Eastern Cherokee Native American Housing Study
An important study about housing needs and conditions will take place in the Cherokee community. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is one of 40 tribes that were selected to take part in a national survey about the housing needs of American Indian and Alaska Native...
Cherokee Elementary School Harvest Festival flyer
Cherokee Elementary School Honor Roll – 1st Nine Weeks
Principal’s Honor Roll (students must receive an A in the following: Reading, Math, Language Arts, Science and Social Studies) 4th grade – Evan Caley, Kaelin Jones, Isabel Lambert 5th grade – A.J. Allison, Ian Crowe, Aiyanna Lambert, Teja Littlejohn, Dreyton Long,...
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