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Uhura Lim (left) and Journey McEntire perform a skit at Friday’s Snowbird Cherokee Language Summer Graduation. Photos by Latresa Phillips/The Graham Star

Uhura Lim (left) and Journey McEntire perform a skit at Friday’s Snowbird Cherokee Language Summer Graduation. Photos by Latresa Phillips/The Graham Star

29 graduate from Cherokee summer camp

Latresa Phillips
Thursday, August 8, 2024
Robbinsville – Bear season may be closed for many, but there were several bear sightings in Graham County on Friday. Students, staff and family members of the Snowbird Cherokee Traditions Summer Language Camp attended the annual graduation at Robbinsville High School Auditorium.
Graham County resident Susan Crowe (second from left) was presented with the Lula Owl Gloyne Person of Excellence Award at the June 15 Cherokee Indian Hospital Foundation Gala. Also pictured is Dale Robinson, Jr. (left), chairman of the Cherokee Indian Hospital Foundation; plus Judy Gloyne-Tiger and Jayden Crowe (right), family members of Lula Owl Gloyne.

Graham County resident Susan Crowe (second from left) was presented with the Lula Owl Gloyne Person of Excellence Award at the June 15 Cherokee Indian Hospital Foundation Gala. Also pictured is Dale Robinson, Jr. (left), chairman of the Cherokee Indian Hospital Foundation; plus Judy Gloyne-Tiger and Jayden Crowe (right), family members of Lula Owl Gloyne.

Under her watchful eye

Kevin Hensley
Saturday, July 6, 2024
Cherokee – The groundwork for a local resident to be named this year’s recipient of the Lula Owl Gloyne Person of Excellence Award began 12 years ago. It was the 2012 Cherokee Indian Hospital Foundation Gala.
A fire that broke out Sunday afternoon in the Santeetlah area required the use of helicopters to help fight the flames overhead. Photo courtesy of Tory Lynnes/U.S. Forest Service

A fire that broke out Sunday afternoon in the Santeetlah area required the use of helicopters to help fight the flames overhead. Photo courtesy of Tory Lynnes/U.S. Forest Service

Separate debris fires wreak havoc

Marshall McClung
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Sunday was anything but a day of rest for local firefighters, as they were busy with two brush fires. The largest fire began shortly after 4 p.m., near Maggie Wachacha Road, in the Santeetlah area. It was started from a debris burn on tribal land.
A member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Robbinsville High School senior Tylie Bridges spent last week as a Governor’s Page in Raleigh. The week gave Bridges a chance to meet Gov. Roy Cooper.

A member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Robbinsville High School senior Tylie Bridges spent last week as a Governor’s Page in Raleigh. The week gave Bridges a chance to meet Gov. Roy Cooper.

Paging Miss Bridges

Latresa Phillips
Thursday, November 16, 2023
Raleigh – Tylie Bridges made history last week by being the first member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to participate in the North Carolina Governor’s Page Program. This program gives high school students the opportunity to learn hands-on by participating in state government.
Cecilia Arrowwood (left) and Jenni Junaluska place the ceremonial wreath on Junaluska’s grave Friday. Photos by Latresa Phillips/The Graham Star

Cecilia Arrowwood (left) and Jenni Junaluska place the ceremonial wreath on Junaluska’s grave Friday. Photos by Latresa Phillips/The Graham Star

‘Very brave, not afraid’

Latresa Phillips
Thursday, November 16, 2023
A new marker was unveiled at Friday’s annual Junaluksa Wreath Laying Ceremony in Robbinsville, recognizing the famed chief for his service in the United States military. Robbinsville – He is considered by many the unsung hero of the greatest Native American battle in United States history.
Participants of the Snowbird Breast Cancer 3K Walk create a ribbon shape inside the Jacob Cornsilk Community Complex on Monday, as an ode to breast-cancer survivors and fighters. Photo by Ruby Annas/news@grahamstar.com

Participants of the Snowbird Breast Cancer 3K Walk create a ribbon shape inside the Jacob Cornsilk Community Complex on Monday, as an ode to breast-cancer survivors and fighters. Photo by Ruby Annas/news@grahamstar.com

Uniting to raise awareness

Ruby Annas
Friday, October 20, 2023
Snowbird – Among the cloudy and cold Monday morning, raindrops fell on pink signs along the road where 100 people walked a mile and a half to shine a light on breast cancer awareness. “I didn’t realize at the time how important support from friends, family, people in the community was.
Dadiwonisi Language Program graduates stand in recognition at the end of Tuesday’s ceremony. From left are Jazlyn “Wadulisi” McEntire, Cailon “Uwodsdi” Garland, Kirstie “Tsayga” Frady and Gina “Amage” Myers. Photo by Ruby Annas/news@grahamstar.com

Dadiwonisi Language Program graduates stand in recognition at the end of Tuesday’s ceremony. From left are Jazlyn “Wadulisi” McEntire, Cailon “Uwodsdi” Garland, Kirstie “Tsayga” Frady and Gina “Amage” Myers. Photo by Ruby Annas/news@grahamstar.com

Dadiwonisi

Ruby Annas
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Snowbird – The first graduating class of the Dadiwonisi Adult Language Program embodied the meaning of the program’s name – “We are all going to speak” – as they spoke in Cherokee, thanking their community and accepted their certificates in a moving ceremony Tuesday.
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians member Bo Taylor leads a friendship dance around the mound at the Little Snowbird campground on Sept. 14. The “Earth Keepers” ceremony drew spectators from various countries across society. Photo by Latresa Phillips/The Graham Star

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians member Bo Taylor leads a friendship dance around the mound at the Little Snowbird campground on Sept. 14. The “Earth Keepers” ceremony drew spectators from various countries across society. Photo by Latresa Phillips/The Graham Star

Mound visit

Latresa Phillips
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Eastern Band Elder Alfred Welch began Sept. 14’s “Earth Keepers” mound dance with a traditional Cherokee prayer. Photo by Latresa Phillips/The Graham Star Snowbird – Imagine a world of beauty, nature and wellness – a world of peace.
Sharon and David Crowe (far left) gaze in amazement at their respective Order of the Long Leaf Pine awards, which were presented in a surprise ceremony May 3 at the Jacob Cornsilk Community Center. Standing next to the couple is Order of the Long Leaf Pine Board Member; at the podium is N.C. Bureau of Indian Affairs Executive Director Greg Richardson. Photos courtesy of Maria Shook Photography

Sharon and David Crowe (far left) gaze in amazement at their respective Order of the Long Leaf Pine awards, which were presented in a surprise ceremony May 3 at the Jacob Cornsilk Community Center. Standing next to the couple is Order of the Long Leaf Pine Board Member; at the podium is N.C. Bureau of Indian Affairs Executive Director Greg Richardson. Photos courtesy of Maria Shook Photography

All are welcome in the Crowe’s Nest

News Staff
Monday, May 15, 2023
Snowbird – Their story reads almost like a fairy tale. They were high school sweethearts. He was the quarterback and she helped write the school’s alma mater. He went off to war. She waited … and waited … and waited. He spent two years on an aircraft carrier, while she wrote letters weekly.
This Aug. 25 photo shows waters gently flowing through the now-defunct Hunting Boy Trout Farm. More than five years ago, the business found itself embroiled in a dispute with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians – one that has not been fully resolved to this day. Photo by Randy Foster/Cherokee Scout

This Aug. 25 photo shows waters gently flowing through the now-defunct Hunting Boy Trout Farm. More than five years ago, the business found itself embroiled in a dispute with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians – one that has not been fully resolved to this day. Photo by Randy Foster/Cherokee Scout

Hunting Boy settlement at stalemate

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, March 9, 2023
Snowbird – A local trout farm and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians are struggling to come to an agreement over allegations that the latter destroyed the business with nearby grading. Shortly after The Graham Star published an Oct.