Sweat Lodge earth feature found in Yellowhill Community
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF A Cherokee sweat lodge structure, dating back hundreds of years, has been found in the Yellowhill Community. Just off of Acquoni Road, the EBCI (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) Tribal Housing Division has been working on a housing project recently, and a crew moving topsoil inadvertently uncovered More...
Mainspring conserves Historic Cherokee Town
Mainspring Conservation Trust recently acquired 40 acres in Macon County that holds considerable cultural heritage significance. The property, just north of Franklin and south of the Little Tennessee River, More...
Jones-Bowman Leadership Award Program holds Summer Retreat
LAKE JUNALUSKA – The Fellows of the 2020-2021 Jones-Bowman Leadership Award Program assembled lakeside at Lake Junaluska on July 6-8 to meet with their mentors and begin their journey through the program More...
Pipestem inducted into Oklahoma Indian Student Honor Society
TULSA, Okla. – Parrish Pipestem was inducted recently into the Oklahoma Indian Student Honor Society in Tulsa, Okla. He is a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians with Osage and Otoe-Missouria More...
New Kituwah Academy Class of 2020
TEXT and PHOTOS By NEW KITUWAH ACADEMY Samuel Hernandez, son of Manuel and Samantha Hernandez Riley Lambert, granddaughter of Rose McCoy, daughter of Allyson Lambert and Dwayne Littlejohn Alex Motola, son More...
Thank you from the Toineeta family
There are no words to express how saddened we are of the passing of our wife, mother, and grandmother, Monika Toineeta. We would like to thank the following for all the love and support you have shown us More...
EBCI pageants cancelled; royalty to serve another year
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Due to concerns over the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) will not have royalty pageants this fall. The EBCI Pageant Board More...
Cherokee Preservation Foundation announces Spring Grants for 2020
The Cherokee Preservation Foundation awarded 16 spring grants to partners within Western North Carolina and beyond. Grants totaled more than $2 million and were awarded to projects advancing the Foundation’s More...
Museum cancels Cherokee Voices Festival; will feature artists through August
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF The Museum of the Cherokee Indian has cancelled its annual Cherokee Voices Festival due to concerns over the coronavirus (COVID-19). It plans to feature artists More...
Late Cherokee artist to be featured at Gilcrease Museum
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF The innovative artistry and work of the late Shan Goshorn will be featured in an upcoming exhibit at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Okla. Goshorn, a member More...