NEWS ᎧᏃᎮᏓ
‘We are opening face-to-face’: CCS preps for fall semester
Cherokee Central Schools (CCS) will be returning to full numbers starting Monday, Aug. 9.
In the CCS Board of Education meeting on Thursday, July 15, Superintendent Michael Murray made it abundantly clear that all three schools on campus would be offering full capacity learning on a normal school schedule for the upcoming semester.
Initial Phase of American Chestnut Restoration has begun
Six representatives of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians’ Natural Resources Department (EBCI NRD) joined staff members of The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) at their research farm in Meadowview, Va. on Monday, June 30 to tour their facilities and continue planning for American chestnut restoration on the Qualla Boundary.
Long hearing continues; motion to dismiss denied
There will be one final hearing in the case of Benjamin Cody Long before heading to trial. That trial date is tentatively set for Monday, Aug. 9.
ONE FEATHER PHOTOS
COMMUNITY ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
Archaeological discoveries at rare 400-year-old American Indian homestead site
With each gentle scrape of the trowel, the underside of a large broken pottery vessel emerges from the dirt in a peaceful river valley in the Chattahoochee National Forest.
Cherokee Pride initiative launched
Cherokee Pride, an initiative to celebrate superior guest service, launched this month.
2016 Cultural and Academic Summer School Bus Routes and Schedules
2016 Cultural and Academic Summer School Bus Routes and Schedules
OPINIONS ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ
EDITORIAL – Taking it out on your pet
When we chose, as mankind, to domesticate animals, we took on responsibility. Domestic dogs have had the wild, the instinct for self-preservation, tamed out of them.
One Feather responds to prosecutor’s comments
During the Emergency Town Hall meeting, Tribal Prosecutor Cody White made the following statemen
LETTER: Agrees with editorial about healing from drug abuse
I read and reread your moving article, “Fresh Red Clay”
SPORTS ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
WRESTLING: Cherokee loses to Swain
The Cherokee Wrestling team fell to the Swain County Maroon Devils on Thursday, Jan. 30 by a team score of 60-18. The Braves picked up three pin falls, gave up three pin falls and five forfeits.
BASKETBALL: Toineeta named WNC Player of the Week
Lady Braves’ Kendall Toineeta, a junior, was named the Citizen-Times Western North Carolina Player of the Week on Monday, Feb. 3. She was honored for her play against Swain on Thursday, Jan. 30 and against Highlands on Friday, Jan. 31. She scored 10pts and had 10...
BASKETBALL: Cherokee wins big against Highlanders
It was a good night for Cherokee basketball as both varsity teams defeated visiting Highlands at home on Friday, Jan. 31. The Lady Braves (17-2), currently ranked #6 in the state Maxpreps.com poll, beat the Lady Highlanders 76-31, and the Braves (10-9) pulled above .500 on the year with a 71-50 victory.
OBITUARIES ᏧᏂᏲᎰᏒ
Ava Christian Sneed – obituary
Ava Christine Sneed, age 60, of Chapel Hill, Tenn., went to her new home in heaven on March 26, 2019.
Dorothy Shuler Blythe – obituary
Dorothy Shuler Blythe, 88, of the Coopers Creek Community, went home to be with the Lord Saturday, March 23, 2019 at Harris Regional Hospital after a short illness.
Noah Ledford Jr. – obituary
Noah Ledford Jr., 71, of the Birdtown Community in Cherokee, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, March 15, 2019 after a short-term illness.
HAPPENINGS
WCU – Mars Hill tailgating
Western Carolina University hosts Mars Hill University in football on Saturday, Sept. 21. Cherokee students from Mars Hill and WCU would like to invite current students and alumni of either school to Tailgate in the parking lot. The football game begins at 3:30pm....
Flu Clinics at Cherokee Central Schools
Sept. 23 from 1-4, Middle School students (parent consent forms must be returned back to the school by the morning of the clinic or parent/guardian be present at time of injection) Sept. 25 from 2-4pm, Staff (set-up in Elementary Health Office) Sept. 26 from...
Heating Assistance for disabled tribal members
Applications will be taken starting Monday, Oct. 7 for the 2013-14 disabled clients heating assistance program. This is a first-come, first-served program. Applications will be taken at Tsali Manor, Snowbird Senior Center and the John Welch Senior Center. To qualify...
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