NEWS ᎧᏃᎮᏓ
Park to receive maintenance backlog funding
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park will soon be able to get to work on some maintenance issues due to federal funding approved in recent bi-partisan legislation.
Commercial Gaming Roundtable transcription
Director of EBCI Communications Chris McCoy sat down with Principal Chief Richard G. Sneed, Vice Chief Alan B. Ensley, Tribal Council Chairman Adam Wachacha, and Council Vice Chairman David Wolfe recently to discuss new opportunities in commercial gaming.
Budget Council overview from Tuesday, Aug. 4
Tribal Council tackled an agenda of 14 items, on topics ranging from agriculture to enrollment in the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), during its Budget Council session on the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 4.
ONE FEATHER PHOTOS
COMMUNITY ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
Fair Committee Report – June 15 meeting
The third Cherokee Indian Fair committee meeting was held on Monday, June 15.
Cherokee Elementary School Awards for 5th grade
These are the Cherokee Elementary School Awards for 5th grade.
Chilogatee Stream Restoration project in Park completed
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced on Wednesday, June 3 the completion of an enhancement and restoration project of a 4,613-foot section of Chilogatee Branch and four of its tributaries totaling 744 feet within the park.
OPINIONS ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ
EDITORIAL: Your vote counts…but where?
The last report that I am aware of with regard to a census being held is in 1991. Based on the Charter mandate, a census should have been held prior to the election in 2001.
EDITORIAL: The “truth” about drugs
Each year, all tribal employees are required to sit through one hour of drug awareness training (supervisors and managers get to endure a second hour of “how to catch a drug user and what to do if you catch one” training).
LETTER: Reader asks for support for Trail of Tears Petition
I have started a White House Petition for a series of parks along the Trail of Tears
SPORTS ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
CROSS COUNTRY: Murphy High School Invitational
Cherokee’s cross country teams participated in the Murphy High School Invitational on Wednesday, Sept. 18.
FOOTBALL: Brevard 51 Cherokee 12
The Brevard Blue Devils defeated the Braves 51-12 at Ray Kinsland Stadium on Friday, Sept. 20.
JV FOOTBALL: Swain 36 Cherokee 0
The JV Swain Maroon Devils defeated the JV Braves 36-0 at Ray Kinsland Stadium on Thursday, Sept. 19.
OBITUARIES ᏧᏂᏲᎰᏒ
Royal Marty Catolster – obituary
Royal Marty Catolster, 50, of the Wolftown Community in Cherokee, passed away Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at home.
James Myron (Jamie) Long – obituary
James Myron (Jamie) Long 59, of Cherokee went home to be with the Lord on Monday, May 7, 2018.
Clarence Welch – obituary
Clarence Welch, 84, of Cherokee, went home to be with the Lord, Tuesday May 8, 2018. A lifelong resident of Cherokee, he was the son of the late Theodore Anthony “Tony” and Hattie Welch.
HAPPENINGS
Spero Manson to deliver native health lecture Sept. 4 at WCU
Spero M. Manson, the Distinguished Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry and head of the Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health at the University of Colorado at Denver, will deliver Western Carolina University’s annual public lecture in native health on Wednesday, Sept. 4.
1st Annual Cornhole Tournament fundraiser
Aug. 31 at the Robbinsville Masonic Lodge No. 672 in Robbinsville. Sign in 8am-9:30am. Start 10am. $40 per team. All proceeds go to Masonic Home for Children at Oxford (formerly known as Oxford Orphanage). Payout: 1st place – 30 percent of entries, 2nd place – 20...
TERO job bank
TERO is the Tribe’s Indian preference program. Are you looking for a job? TERO helps enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and other federally-recognized Tribes, spouses of enrolled members and parents of minor enrolled children find employment. ...
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