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Teens complete Cherokee Youth Council Program
Three local teens recently completed the Cherokee Youth Council program including Louwana Montelongo, Emily Welch and Hannah Ledford. Louwana Montelongo Montelongo, the daughter of Missy Crowe and...
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Miss Cherokee report for February and March
Miss Cherokee 2015 Taran Swimmer (4th from right) visited the Museum of the Cherokee Indian with several visiting royalty on Thursday, March 3. Shown (left-right) are Dakota Wilnoty, Cherokee Friend;...
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Vice Chief visits SCC, agrees to serve as mentor in new program
Vice Chief Richard Sneed (second from left) visited Southwestern Community College on Feb. 17 to discuss the college’s Native American MENtoring program. He also gave students in SCC’s automotive...
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Cherokee’s Musical Theater Department to put on Lion King Jr.
Makayla Trantham and Maiya Davis are shown with a few of the props they have been working on for the Musical Theater Department’s upcoming production of the Lion King Jr. (Photo contributed) The...
View ArticleBill Taylor Scholarship deadline is June 1
Applications for the Bill Taylor Scholarship are now being accepted by the Eastern Band Community Foundation. This scholarship is available to all EBCI tribal members or their immediate family...
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Summer Course on Cherokee History and Culture offered at Museum
Students in last year’s Cherokee History and Culture Institute learn the Cherokee Bear Dance from the Warriors of Anikituwah at the Kituwah Mound site. (Photo courtesy of Museum of the Cherokee...
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Native American Farming Council meeting set for Cherokee
The USDA Council for Native American Farming and Ranching (CNAFR) will host its regional meeting in Cherokee on April 4-5 at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort. The Council was established by...
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Park plans prescribed burn northwest of Cades Cove
Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Appalachian Piedmont Zone fire management staff plan to conduct a prescribed burn on approximately 888 acres of forested area northwest of Cades Cove beginning...
View ArticleCherokee High School Honor Roll – 2nd Quarter
9th Grade Principal’s Honor Roll: Isaiah Armachain, Sylas Davis, Joaquin Layno, Jarron Lossiah, Josiah Lossiah, Juanita Paz-Chalacha, Emma Stamper, Tori Teesateskie, James Wolfe Alpha Honor Roll:...
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12th Annual Cherokee Day of Caring planned
Workers fix a yard in the Painttown Community during last year’s event including foreground (right-left) – Abe Queen, Paisley Raby, and Tuff Jackson ; background – Andy Hull and Sally Wildcat. (CPF...
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Museum offering workshops on feather capes, twined bags and skirts
The Museum of the Cherokee Indian is offering workshops on making feather capes, twined bags, and twined skirts. These workshops will take place in the Education and Research Wing of the Museum....
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Vice Chief shadows a Cherokee EMS Team
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER STAFF Vice Chief Rich Sneed rode with “D-Shift” of the Tribal Emergency Services on Saturday, March 26. He stated that from the moment that he took office he had and...
View ArticleCherokee Preservation Foundation announces spring grantees
The Cherokee Preservation Foundation (CPF) recently awarded 18 new grants totaling over $2.4 million, continuing its mission to improve the quality of life for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians...
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PHHS says EBCI travelers should be aware of Zika
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF If you have plans to travel to the Caribbean to soak up some rays or hit the links in Puerto Rico, the EBCI Public Health and Human Services division is...
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Medicine Drop hammers home proper disposal of medications
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF For the past six years, the Cherokee Indian Police Department has participated in Operation Medicine Drop in an effort to encourage the proper disposal of...
View ArticleJones-Bowman Leadership Program seeking nominations
The Jones-Bowman Leadership Award Program is currently recruiting EBCI tribal members who are undergraduate college students to participate in its 2016-17 program. A community member may only...
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Second Annual Gadugi Earth Day event planned
Cherokee will celebrate the second Gadugi Earth Day event at the Acquoni Expo Center parking lot on Friday, April 22 from 12-5pm. Earth Day began and exists today as a day for teaching environmental...
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Park to celebrate National Junior Ranger Day on April 23
Great Smoky Mountains National Park will celebrate Junior Ranger Day on Saturday, April 23 from 10am – 2pm with special activities at Sugarlands Visitor Center, Cades Cove Visitor Center and...
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Cherokee students win at Heard Art Show
Several Cherokee High School students won awards and sold artwork at the recent Heard Museum Guild American Indian Student Art Show. They are shown (left-right) front row – Alyne Stamper, CHS art...
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Stamper completes TERO Job and Career Prep classes
The last day of TERO’s Job and Career Preparation seminar was held on Thursday, April 14 with Michael Stamper (2nd from right), Job Bank participant, finishing the course. Shown (left-right) are John...
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