Cherokee High School Honor Roll – 4th Quarter
9th Grade Principal’s Honor Roll: Paytyn Barker, Lillian Blythe-Ramos, Gideon Freeman, Kiri Hill, Cameron Jackson, Julia Layno, Kyla Moore, Nevayah Panther, Ella Sokol, Elijah Squirrel, Marilyn...
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Harrah’s Cherokee donates $70,000 to Folds of Honor
Shown, left to right, are Kevin Phillips, SALUTE member; Alan Seay, Harrah’s Cherokee food & beverage manager; Lumpy Lambert, general manager; David Nein, president, Folds of Honor Western...
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Madison Hornbuckle Foundation is back and ready to help families
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Staff After a four-year hiatus, the Madison Hornbuckle Children’s Cancer Foundation is back and ready to fulfill its mission of helping western North Carolinas...
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Cherokee Students attend Space Camp
By DR. HEATH ROBERTSON Cherokee Central Schools Cherokee Elementary and Cherokee Middle School TaG students participated in the Pathfinder program at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville,...
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Center for Native Health announces MedCaT scholarships for area students
The Center for Native Health provides scholarships to MedCaT students across western North Carolina and recently announced the most recent awardees. The Medical Careers and Technology Pipeline, also...
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Museum of the Cherokee Indian welcomes new manager of Visitor Services
The Museum of the Cherokee Indian (MCI) has announced the hiring of Alex Lane, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), as its new manager of Visitor Services. (MCI photo) The Museum of...
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WCU’s Mountain Heritage Center to open ‘Away from Home: American Indian...
Angel DeCora, Untitled painting, ca. 1900; oil on canvas, 27 1/8 x 18 1/8; Courtesy Darling Family Collection. CULLOWHEE –Beginning in the 1870s, the U.S. government attempted to educate and assimilate...
View ArticleOne Feather wins 13 N.C. Press Awards
The Cherokee One Feather received a total of 13 awards from the N.C. Press Association at its 149th Annual Convention held in Raleigh on Thursday, Aug. 25. As a staff, the paper took second place in...
View Article2022 Cherokee Indian Fair Schedule
Note: This is the finalized schedule of events, per the Cherokee Indian Fair Committee. The outdoor stage and exhibit hall locations referenced are at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino. The outdoor stage will...
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“Disruption” shakes up Museum of the Cherokee Indian exhibit
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Staff The Museum of the Cherokee Indian is switching gears on its permanent exhibit and taking funerary and ceremonial objects off display. Taking these items off...
View ArticleSpeakers Council selected to be Indian Fair Parade Grand Marshals
Submitted by Cherokee Speakers Council Note: The Cherokee Indian Fair Parade is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 4 at 4 p.m. ᎳᏥᏏ Chairman Roger Smoker – Grew up and still lives in Snowbird community Roger...
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Dracula returns to Cherokee
By JONAH LOSSIAH One Feather Staff “Last year we built it, and I feel like this year we’re crafting it,” said Bailey Frankenberg, who plays Lucy Westenra in “Dracula: The Failings of Men”. Benedetto...
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2022 Cherokee Indian Fair Qualla Arts & Crafts winners
Three double-weave baskets by Gabriel Crow won the Best of Show award in the adult division. (SCOTT MCKIE B.P./One Feather photos) PHOTO ALBUM: Cherokee Indian Fair Exhibit Hall Following are the...
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Park invites visitors to “We Are Grateful Otsaliheliga” Storybook Trail
Great Smoky Mountains National Park invites visitors to experience the “We Are Grateful Otsaliheliga” Storybook Trail on Saturday, Oct. 8 through Friday, Nov. 4 on the Oconaluftee River Trail near...
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2022 Cherokee Indian Fair Baby Crawling Contest winners
PHOTOS By DAWN ARNEACH One Feather Staff The 2022 Cherokee Indian Fair Baby Crawling Contest was held on the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 5 at the Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort Convention Center....
View ArticleCherokee One Feather Spooky Poem winners
Best Youth Poem (age 5 to 11) “The Spooky New Friend” by Clarise Queen of Cherokee, N.C. The spooky spider wants to play, But the other spider’s say no way, The spooky spider walks away, Into the...
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Cherokee Indian Fair 2022 EBCI Cooperative Extension winners
Chad Cooper won multiple ribbons at the Cherokee Indian Fair EBCI Cooperative Extension exhibit including Best of Show in Agriculture – Adult Division. One of his corn exhibits is shown in the photo...
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Summer travels for EBCI students
The Youth Cultural exchange program participants and chaperones are in front of a 400-year-old tree in the near the Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica. Shown, left to right, front row – Tonya Carroll, Bo...
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“Creating a Cherokee language momentum shift”: A look at the Cherokee...
Members of the CLMAP are shown with Cherokee speakers recently. Shown, left to right, front row – Moses Oocumma, Rachel Littlejohn, John Long, Maddie Welch, Charles Welch, middle row – Dawn West,...
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Joey Parker Memorial Playground dedicated
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Asst. Editor CHEROKEE, N.C. – The exuberant spirit of the late Joseph “Joey” Parker was celebrated at an event at Cherokee Central Schools on the afternoon of Monday,...
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