NEWS ᎧᏃᎮᏓ
Tribal Court Docket for Aug. 20
This is a criminal docket date for the Cherokee Tribal Court. All of the defendants listed have only been charged with the crimes/offenses listed and should be considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Last of three defendants sentenced for robbing Cherokee elder
Kasey Lynn Keffer, 40, of Sylva, was sentenced on Thursday, Aug. 16 to 100 months in prison and three years of supervised release on robbery charges, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Keffer’s co-defendants, Mitchum Scott Turpin and Tillmon Gene Fortner, were previously sentenced to 120 and 78 months in prison, respectively, for their involvement in the robbery.
Tribe’s Syringe Services Program working on ‘harm reduction’
Several years ago, tribal officials declared an epidemic level of Hepatitis C (Hep C) in the Cherokee community. Now, staff at a small, yellow building overlooking the EBCI Public Health and Human Services administration building is working diligently to help curb that dilemma.
ONE FEATHER PHOTOS
COMMUNITY ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
1st Annual Cherokee Central Schools Wellness Kickoff held
The 1st Annual Cherokee Central Schools Wellness Kickoff was held at the Cherokee Elementary School gym on Friday, Aug. 5.
Immersion Pre-K students graduate
Parents, family and friends joined together at CCS’s Cultural Center to celebrate the third graduating class of Cherokee language immersion students from pre-k at Kituwah Academy on Thursday, July 21.
Cherokee Language Camp participates in bird survey at Cowee Mound
Students and teachers from the Cherokee language camp in Robbinsville, led by Shirley Oswalt, participated in a breeding bird sample survey at the Tribe’s Cowee Mound property in Macon County on Saturday, July 9.
OPINIONS ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ
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SPORTS ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
Cherokee Archery
Cherokee Archery has changed its meeting time to Tuesdays at 5 at TRIBAL GROUNDS COFFEE.
'Scrapping Squirrels' and 'Do Work' win NAYO Qualifier
The Scrapping Squirrels took 1st place in the girl division and the Do Work team took 1st place in the boys division of the NAYO Qualifier basketball tournament held Saturday, March 20 in the Snowbird Community.
Locals win at SONC Basketball and Cheerleading Tourney
Four athletes from the Qualla Boundary traveled to Winston-Salem to compete in the Western Special Olympics of North Carolina (SONC) Basketball and Cheerleading Tournament on Saturday, March 6.
OBITUARIES ᏧᏂᏲᎰᏒ
Larry Denman – obituary
Larry Denman – obituary
David “Skin” Long – obituary
David “Skin” Long – obituary
Jim Noe – obituary
Jim Noe – obituary
HAPPENINGS
Cherokee Health Fair flyer
Biodiversity Days to be held in Park
Biodiversity includes all types of life forms from plants to animals, and estimates are as high as 80,000 species being found in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Discover Life in America is hosting Biodiversity Days in the Smokies on June 20-23 to...
Storyteller to perform at Oconaluftee Visitor Center
Take a seat with Friends of the Smokies on the front porch steps, stretch out in the grass, or prop up in the shade, and join acclaimed national storyteller Michael Reno Harrell for an afternoon of Smoky mountain stories at the Oconaluftee Visitor Center in Great...
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