Cherokee Day of Caring 2019 delivers Ga-Du-Gi
For many centuries, the Cherokee have practiced a traditional lifeway known as Ga-Du-Gi (helping the community). Community members in need of help often receive assistance without a request from other tribal members. This assistance may include tending a garden, fixing a roof, yard clean up, etc. The Cherokee Day of Caring is a daylong community More...
Cherokee 4-H wins project record book awards
Every year, 4-H members have the opportunity to create a project record book reflecting the work they have accomplished in a 4-H project. These books serve as a way to teach youth the importance of record More...
Cherokee High School chooses valedictorian, salutatorian
Joaquin “Jack” Layno and Blake Smith have been named Cherokee High School’s Class of 2019 valedictorian and salutatorian respectively. They are shown on the afternoon of Thursday, May 16 at Ray Kinsland Stadium More...
CHS honors academic excellence at Awards Banquet
A total of 75 Cherokee High School students received academic awards at a banquet held on the evening of Tuesday, May 14 at the Chief Joyce Dugan Cultural Arts Center. (SCOTT MCKIE B.P./One Feather photos) By More...
Junaluska Leadership Council holds spring session
The members of the JLC 2019 Spring Council are shown, left to right, Seth Ledford, Avery Maples, Kevonna Tushak, Nate Crowe, Madison Orr (Attorney General), Adela Hernandez, Dallas Bennett, Ricky Sneed (Chairman), More...
Cherokee JROTC achieves Honor Unit of Distinction award
The Cherokee High School JROTC Braves Battalion underwent an extensive five-hour inspection on Tuesday, May 7 and achieved the coveted Honor Unit of Distinction award. Cherokee High School JROTC cadets are shown, More...
Kananesgi Pottery Festival highlights millennia of Cherokee tradition
Gina Myers, an EBCI tribal member from Cherokee County, works on a pot during the 3rd Annual Kananesgi Pottery Festival at the Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds on Saturday, May 4. (SCOTT MCKIE B.P./One Feather photos) By More...
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 More...
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 problem was More...
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 Long, More...