NEWS ᎧᏃᎮᏓ
Tabled Ordinances for March 2019
Tabled Ordinances for March 2019
Principal Chief’s Report for March 22
Community means many different things. To me, community means we come together for fellowship, we lean upon each other in hard times, and we celebrate the good times together. Thankfully, our community is celebrating some good times lately. While the last two weeks have been very busy, I have been blessed to share some fun opportunities with our Cherokee people.
Budgeting, school outings, and donations discussed at the March 18 School Board meeting
Budgeting, school outings, donations and more were discussed at the Cherokee School Board meeting held on Monday, March 18.
ONE FEATHER PHOTOS
COMMUNITY ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
School Board members nominated to BIE Committee
Two members of the Cherokee School Board have been nominated to the Bureau of Indian Education’s Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Rulemaking Committee. School Board chairperson Lori Blankenship, who represents the Big Cove Community, and Wolfetown School Board member...
Tribal members place in pageant
ASHEVILLE – Jasmine Smith and Janée Smith, both EBCI tribal members, were crown-bound on Saturday, Feb. 16 as they participated in Miss Cupid’s Arrow Pageant in Asheville. Jasmine was crowned Miss Cupid’s Arrow Queen in the 2-4 year old “teeny tots” division. ...
Cherokee Central Schools’ Testing Program Update
New EOG/EOC Assessments The new Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for Mathematics and English Language Arts and the North Carolina Essential Standards (ES) for Science are being taught for the first time this year in Cherokee Central Schools’ classrooms and across...
OPINIONS ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ
Belated heartfelt thank you letter from the Randy Oocumma family
First of all, we thank GOD for allowing us to have had Randy in our lives. We sincerely appreciate each and every one of you for your comforting words, your prayers and all of your thoughtful deeds shown to us during the loss of our dear loved one. This is a very...
Thank you letter from the family of Lena Y. Hornbuckle
We would like to extend our thanks and gratitude to anyone who attended the wake or funeral, sent flowers or food, sang or simply said a prayer for us all. Crisp Funeral Home, Cherokee Boys Club, Family Support, Big Y Free Labor, Reverends Red Bradley, Bo Parris and...
Ask Dr. Per Cap: Creating a Budget
Dear Dr. Per Cap: I have no idea where to start to create a budget. It seems that before the month is over, I’m outta cash. More month than money! Can you help me keep track of my expenses? ~ Signed, Unbalanced Dear Unbalanced: Definitely! Creating a budget is the...
SPORTS ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
Cherokee JV Braves 2011 Football Schedule
August 25 – vs. Hayesville September 1 – at Thomas Jefferson 8 – at Robbinsville 15 – vs. Swain 22 – at Murphy 29 – at Rosman October 6 – vs. Andrews 13 – Championship Game TBA * All JV games start at 6pm.
Cherokee Braves 2011 Football Schedule
August 11 – Scrimmage with Gatlinburg – Pittman, home, 6pm 19 – at Smoky Mountain 26 – at Mitchell September 2 – vs. Townes County 9 – at Choctaw Central (Miss.) 16 – at Hayesville 23 – vs. Murphy 30 – vs. Rabun Gap October 7 – at Swain 14 – vs. Rosman 21 – at Andrews...
Sac & Fox Tribal Member to run 10 marathons in 30 days
This fall, Dirk Whitebreast, a 31-year-old member of Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, plans to run 10 marathons in 30 days, a total of 262 miles, and he is dedicating the money he raises to the Center for Native American Youth.
OBITUARIES ᏧᏂᏲᎰᏒ
Catherine (Katie) Conseen Lambert – obituary
Catherine (Katie) Conseen Lambert, 76, born July 11, 1938, of the 3200 Acre Tract community, went home to be with the Lord Wednesday morning, Feb. 18, 2015 following an extended illness.
Kelly Thomas Cooper – obituary
Kelly Thomas Cooper, 87, of Cherokee passed away on Feb. 12, 2015 at the Tsali Care Center in Cherokee following an extended illness.
Pamela (Conseen) Adams – obituary
Pamela (Conseen) Adams, 61, of 585 Laurel Cove Rd., Leicester, and a native of Cherokee, passed away on Feb. 13, 2015 at the Cherokee Indian Hospital following an extended illness.
HAPPENINGS
Hot Dog Lunch Benefit
Jan. 10 at the Cherokee United Methodist Church. This benefit is to assist Cody Buchanan with travel and other medical expenses. The brown bag lunch includes all-beef hotdog, baked beans, chips, dessert cake and a drink for $6. Free door prizes and one ticket will...
EBCI New Hire Orientation
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will hold New Hire Orientation on the following dates: Jan. 10-11, Jan. 24-25, Feb. 14-15, Feb. 28 – March 1, March 14-15 and March 28-29. Please be at the Ginger Lynn Welch large conference room by 9am on the morning of the first...
Ronald Cooper to discuss Trail of Tears book
Jan. 12 at 6pm at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva. Cooper, a member of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma, will discuss his book It’s My Trail Too. In January 2011, Cooper began walking the northern route of the Cherokee Trail of Tears for personal reflection and...
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
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