Swain County and Cherokee High Graduates awarded Undergraduate Scholarships and Research Support at UNC Asheville
UNC Asheville 2021 graduate Corbin Wildcatt and Caden Pheasant Class of 2025. (UNC Asheville photos) UNC Asheville 2021 graduate Corbin Wildcatt has been awarded a Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership (SIGP) grant, providing $1,500 in summer research support. This grant follows four years of scholarship support from an Eastern Band of Cherokee More...
Cherokee student participates in REU Program at UT
By GALEN FADER Special to the One Feather KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Many college students use their time off school to relax or de-stress, but one aspiring chemist spent her summer working with cutting-edge More...
Shana Condill looks to take the Museum to the next level
By JONAH LOSSIAH One Feather Staff Shana Bushyhead Condill was announced as the new executive director of the Museum of the Cherokee Indian in June and says she has hit the ground running. Shana Condill, More...
Harrah’s Cherokee Casinos makes $70,000 Donation to Folds of Honor
Harrah’s Cherokee Casinos has announced the company will donate $70,000 to support Folds of Honor, a non-profit organization that assists military families by providing educational scholarships to spouses More...
Tribal member named to statewide nonprofit board
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Staff Juanita Wilson, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), is one of five people selected statewide this year who were elected to membership in the More...
Rachel Collins recognized as 2021 Mercy Award Winner
SYLVA, NC & BRYSON CITY – Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital announce Rachel Collins, RN as the 2021 Mercy Award winner. The Mercy Award recognizes one employee from each of More...
Cherokee youth learning about raising chickens
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Staff The EBCI Cooperative Extension Office was full of smiles and the chirps of baby chickens ready to go to their new homes. It was distribution night for the Cherokee More...
Cherokee High School Honor Roll – 4th Quarter
9th Grade Principal’s Honor Roll: Rosana Correa, Jayle Creson, Madison Ledford, Laura Martinez, Dalaina Mills, Taiya Parra-Rubio, Samuel Postoak, Gabriel Terrell, Levi Winter Alpha Honor Roll: Creedon Arch, More...
Ask Dr. Per Cap: Is Costco worth it?
Dear Dr. Per Cap: We’re opening our food booth this summer now that pow wows and events are back. I think we save money on supplies shopping at Costco but my wife says we spend too much on gas driving More...
45th Annual Eastern Band Cherokee Pow Wow winners list
Rick Bottchenbaugh, an elder of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians from the Big Cove Community, dances at the 45th Annual Eastern Band Cherokee Pow Wow on Friday, July 2 at the Acquoni Expo Center. He took More...