NEWS ᎧᏃᎮᏓ
UKB suspends housing program
The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma (UKB) suspended its housing program Jan. 7. The Tribe cited direct and indirect circumstances with funding, including an incomplete audit and federal government shutdown. During the suspension the tribe won’t be providing housing services, nor will it accept applications for housing programs.
Two native women make history taking oath in Congress
For a first in the United States, two Native American women were sworn into the House of Representatives Thursday. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) and Sharice Davids (D-Kan.) took the oaths of office as newly-elected representatives. Haaland is a member of the Pueblo of Laguna, and Davids is a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation.
Road closures, stalled pay as government shutdown impacts Cherokee economy
President Donald Trump’s insistence that the federal budget include $5 billion for a wall at the Mexican border has led to a government shut down as members of congress disagree over the funding for the project.
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COMMUNITY ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
Tribe partnering with SCC to start Fire Fighter Academy
The EBCI Department of Public Safety, in partnership with Southwestern Community College (SCC) Jerry Sutton Public Safety Training Center (PSTC), is starting an unprecedented effort to train future fire fighters. In a joint effort to address the shortage of qualified...
Scholarship named for WCU professor emeritus
CULLOWHEE –Pi Gamma Mu, an international honor society in social sciences, recently named one of 10 scholarships awarded annually to graduate students in honor of Gordon E. Mercer, professor emeritus at Western Carolina University. Mercer, a retired professor of...
Three CHS grads return to encourage students to pursue college
Cherokee High School had some very special guests on Friday, Oct. 19. Alisha Long, Meshay Long, and Kayla Smith, CHS graduates and EBCI tribal members, are all students currently attending the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. As part of the high school’s...
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SPORTS ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
Clapsaddle named Head Women’s Coach at Swain High School
After Neil Blankenship resigned as the women’s basketball coach in February the search began to find his replacement. Swain High didn’t have to look far for that person as this past week they named Annette Clapsaddle, an EBCI tribal member, as the head women’s basketball coach.
CHS Cheerleader makes Mars Hill Squad
Madison Crowe has cheered for the Cherokee Braves since she was a little girl. Now, she’ll trade her maroon and gold pom poms for blue and gold as she has made this fall’s Mars Hill College cheer squad.
Cherokee to host Special Olympics again
Cherokee will once again host the Special Olympics Far West Spring Games.
OBITUARIES ᏧᏂᏲᎰᏒ
Roberta Mollie Gloyne Arneach Blankenship – obituary
Roberta Mollie Gloyne Arneach Blankenship, known to most as Mollie Blankenship, was born April 19, 1919 to John and Louisiana Leta “Lula” Owl Gloyne. She passed away Monday, Sept. 22, 2014 at Tsali Care Center in Cherokee.
Brianna Jade Bradley – obituary
Brianna Jade Bradley, 21, of Cherokee, passed away unexpectedly on Sept. 16, 2014 in Cherokee.
Mark Donald Mead – obituary
Mark Donald Mead – obituary
HAPPENINGS
Remember the Removal Ride 2013 seeking riders
New Kituwah Christmas Program cancelled
The New Kituwah Academy Christmas Program scheduled for Friday, Dec. 14 has been cancelled due to sickness. They hope to have a Winter program in January or February.
3rd Annual One-Stop Christmas Shop
Dec. 15 from 9am - 12pm at the Birdtown Rec. Center. Independent Consultants from Scentsy Wickless Candles, Grace Adele, Thirty One, Skinny Body Care and Magda's Cakes will be there to help meet all of your gift giving needs. Free gift wrapping and door prizes!
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