NEWS ᎧᏃᎮᏓ
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.
Kituwah placed in trust for Tribe
Kituwah, the Mother Town of the Cherokee, located just outside of Cherokee near Bryson City, has been placed into trust for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), U.S. Dept. of the Interior.
Traffic stop leads to multiple drug trafficking arrests
At approximately 6:05 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 18, the Cherokee Indian Police Department’s (CIPD) Criminal Interdiction Team, with the assistance of the CIPD Narcotics and CIPD Patrol Officers, arrested three individuals on felony drug charges arising from a traffic stop on Old Gap Road in the Painttown Community of the Qualla Boundary.
ONE FEATHER PHOTOS
COMMUNITY ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
Miss Cherokee report for December 2016
Hello, I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season with their loved ones.
Tribal members inducted into honor society at SCC
Fifty-eight Southwestern Community College students were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society on Thursday, Dec. 8, on SCC’s Jackson Campus.
Young tribal member launches Team Boogie Monster
Russell Reed, a 7-year-old EBCI tribal member, walked into Cherokee Indian Hospital on Thursday, Dec. 8 with one goal: to deliver 24 Pediatric activity bags for any child that had or will be admitted into inpatient.
OPINIONS ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ
EDITORIAL: Adding value to the language
Getting youth engaged in the Cherokee language can be challenging.
COMMENTARY: Rep. Meadows’ reprimand should cause local reflection
Our congressional representative in congress, Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) was recently reprimanded by the bipartisan House Ethics Committee over how he chose to respond to allegations of sexual harassment from his female staffers.
EDITORIAL: A double-edged sword
We, as a Tribe, have taken a position that drug abuse is a sickness or disease. If so, why is it that we maintain a contradictory view of zero tolerance? I can’t think of another illness that will result in immediate termination if you have it even once.
SPORTS ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
FISHING: Bradley sits atop Trout Legend leaderboard
If you’re looking for Michael Bradley on a weekend, a good place to check would be on a river with a fly rod in his hand. The EBCI tribal member has been spending a lot of his weekends since 2012 competing in fly fishing competitions, and he is very successful.
MS TRACK & FIELD: Cherokee travels to Hayesville
The Cherokee Middle School track teams traveled to Hayesville on Monday, March 24 for a four-school meet with Hayesville, Andrews and Hiwassee Dam.
GOLF: Aerification at Sequoyah National
If you have never been on a golf course before, you have probably never seen the small holes left in the course after the aerification process. Golfers mistakenly think aerification throws off their game but some of the best golf games ever played were played after aerating the course. What is aerification?
OBITUARIES ᏧᏂᏲᎰᏒ
Ronald “Ron” Sheridan Haigler – obituary
Ronald “Ron” Sheridan Haigler, 77, born Oct. 12, 1941 passed away peacefully on Oct. 09, 2019 at the Medwest Harris Hospital in Sylva following a period of declining health do to diabetes and COPD.
SPEAKING OF FAITH: The Calling…(continued)
“Josephus, a Roman historian of that era, chronicled Saul as a lost man, a secular man, and many agreed with him.
Alexander Hornbuckle – obituary
Alexander Hornbuckle, 81, of Cherokee, passed away following a period of declining health at the Cherokee Indian Hospital on Oct. 6, 2019.
HAPPENINGS
Benefit for Kim Parton
Oct. 18 from 11am- 1pm at the Cherokee EMS building. She has been in Mission Hospital with a long term illness. Menu: Potato soup, vegetable soup, or chili with cheese toast or bologna sandwich, dessert $5. Drinks $1. Also available 50/50 tickets and raffle for a...
Community Mediation Training
Nov. 12-14 from 9am – 4:30pm in Webster. This is for individuals who wish to learn neutral ways to mediate conflicts in their workplaces, families, churches, community organizations and neighborhoods. The course meets the standards of the Mediation Network of North...
Trail of Tears Symposium flyer
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