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Beloved Women Committee develops guidelines for titles
The late Beloved Woman Amanda Swimmer (left) addresses Tribal Council following being bestowed with the titled in February 2018 as her great granddaughter, then-Junior Miss Cherokee Dvdaya Swimmer,...
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Hospital inviting community to Crisis Stabilization Unit groundbreaking
Cherokee Indian Hospital will be hosting a groundbreaking ceremony for the Crisis Stabilization Unit on Wednesday, April 24 at 2 p.m. at the old hospital site. The Crisis Stabilization Unit will be a...
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Cherokee students affect change at N.C. State Capitol
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Not only did the Cherokee Chamber Singers dazzle the audience with their performance in Raleigh last fall, they ended up affecting social change at the North...
View ArticleCherokee High School 3rd Quarter Honor Roll
9th Grade Principal’s Honor Roll: Kegan Curtice, Gabriel Jarvis, Miranda Lopez, Zachariah Lossiah, Makala McGaha, Alayna Morgan, Shawn Parsons, Vivian Ross, Takota Sexton, Caedance Smith, Donna...
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Hammered Copper taught at Cherokee High School
The art of hammered copper is being taught at Cherokee High School thanks to a grant from the North Carolina Arts Council to support a three-week artist residency at the high school by metalsmith...
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Heart to Heart Child Advocacy Center earns re-accreditation
The Heart to Heart Child Advocacy Center staff is shown meeting with Principal Chief Richard G. Sneed recently. Shown, left to right, are Brandi Cooper, program manager; Chief Sneed; Jewel Staton,...
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“People of the Clay” exhibit opens at Museum
Karin Walkingstick, a Cherokee Nation citizen from Tahlequah, Okla., poses outside of the Museum of the Cherokee Indian on the evening of Friday, April 5 during the opening of the “People of the Clay”...
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Bowling for Hope to be a fundraiser for Rez HOPE and Cherokee Children’s Home
Principal Chief Richard Sneed, center, is shown with Rez HOPE leaders Katelynn Ledford, left, and Kallup McCoy II in the Office of the Principal Chief on the morning of Wednesday, April 17. Rez HOPE is...
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New Kituwah Students enjoying 4-H programs
Third grade students at New Kituwah Academy, left to right, Uganasdi Sneed, Eden Littlejohn, Agaliha Crowe, Morgan Hernandez, Wadulisi Pheasant, and Waya Hernandez are shown in the garden they grew on...
View ArticleCherokee Elementary School 3rd Nine Weeks Honor Rolls
3rd Grade Principal’s Honor Roll: Aliyah Watty, Darian Jenkins, Drake Cruz, James Smith, Jessica Arsana, John Calvin Gloyne, Kamera Pheasant, Keaton Locust, Kiarra Caley, Laylah Thompson, Maddalen...
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Foerst admitted to prestigious WCU musical theater program
Brennen Foerst, center, a 2018 graduate of Cherokee High School, has been admitted to the prestigious Western Carolina University (WCU) musical theater program for the fall semester. He signed a letter...
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EBCI hosts the AISES Leadership Summit
Since 1977, the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) has worked to substantially increase American Indian and Alaska Native representation in science, technology, engineering, and...
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OJCCCC student first to participate in English Language Acquisition class
Clemence Nyiramahirwe, center, is the first Oconaluftee Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center (OJCCCC) student to participate in an onsite English Language Acquisition (ELA) class offered by...
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Cherokee Performing Arts taking risks with “Into the Woods”
The Cherokee Performing Arts program is presenting “Into the Woods” at the Chief Joyce Dugan Cultural Arts Center from May 2-5. Shown, left to right, in the Center with some of the set design are...
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Kelli R. Brown named 12th chancellor of Western Carolina University
The University of North Carolina Board of Governors elected Kelli R. Brown, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Georgia College & State University, as the new chancellor of...
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Right Path to host stickball tournament
The Right Path Adult Leadership Program is sponsoring the Anetsodi Challenge stickball tournament at the Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds on July 3-6. The tournament will feature Cherokee-style stickball as...
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Tribal member makes Activity Book featuring EBCI
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Families coming to Cherokee will now have the opportunity to further their education about the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) thanks to a new book....
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Longs named N.C. Small Farmers of the Year
Harold and Nancy Long, the owners of Long Family Farms and Gallery in Murphy, are the 2019 North Carolina Small Farmers of the Year. (Photo by James F. Parker/North Carolina A&T) Harold and Nancy...
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SCC student helps WCU archive Cherokee language documents
CULLOWHEE – Over the past 15 years, the Cherokee Language Program (CLP) at Western Carolina University has compiled and digitized thousands of Cherokee language documents and media files. Only...
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EBCI Destination Marketing hopes for a season in the sun
By JONAH LOSSIAH ONE FEATHER STAFF According to Chris McCoy, EBCI Director of Communications and Interim Director of Destination Marketing, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indian’s new special events...
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