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Tribe signs MOU with South College Asheville     The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) and South College Asheville (SCA) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the afternoon of Tuesday, May 4 that tribal officials hope will encourage more tribal members to enter the health care field.  Principal Chief Richard G. Sneed and Dr. Lisa Satterfield, SCA campus president, signed the MOU in the Office of the Principal Chief with SCA officials and officials from the Tribe’s Higher Education Program. Principal Chief Richard G. Sneed, right, and Dr. Lisa Satterfield, South Coll...

Concern grows for pediatric dental care in Cherokee     Dental care wasn’t the first worry for most people when the pandemic brought life to a screeching halt last Spring.  Schools, places of work, and restaurants all closed their doors. Day-to-day routines were shattered. Among all of this, health care started becoming an issue. People couldn’t see hospitalized family members, and previously basic procedures become near impossible feats.  Mellie Burns, center, EBCI/PHHS Children’s Dental Program manager, delivered 700 oral health kits to the Cherokee Elementary School on the mornin...

Cherokee Indian Hospital honors outstanding employees      Cherokee Indian Hospital honored its outstanding employees at its annual awards ceremony, held virtually this year, on Tuesday, April 6, and two members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians took the top honors.  Brooke Brown, Tsali Care performance improvement specialist, was named the 2020 Hayes Award recipient, and Dr. Blythe Winchester, Tsali Care Center medical director, was named Cherokee Indian Hospital Employee of the Year.   Brooke Brown “Working with the Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority (CIHA) has been a transform...

Shroom education: EBCI Cooperative Extension teaches mushroom growing class      Over the past two weeks the Cooperative Extension office in Cherokee has been offering classes on mushroom growing. If all goes well, by the time the classes end, there will be thirty new mushroom farmers on the planet.  EBCI Cooperative Extension Agent Benjamin Collette describes the process of loading mushroom sawdust spawn mixture into oak logs. (ROBERT JUMPER/One Feather photos) The class was headed up by Benjamin Collette, an Extension agent for the EBCI (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) Cooperative Ex...

  With flags billowing in the breeze, two Cherokee heroes were honored for their illustrious military service during a ceremony at the Cherokee Veterans Park on the morning of Friday, March 12.  Lt. Lewis H. Harding and PFC Reuben E. Taylor, both elders of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), were honored for their service by the members of the Steve Youngdeer American Legion Post 143.   PFC Reuben E. Taylor and Lt. Lewis H. Harding, both elders of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), were honored for their service by the members of the Steve Youngdeer American Legion Post ...