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Snowbird's Tayen Bridges competed for the title of "Miss Cherokee" during this year's competition. Photo courtesy of Cherokee One Feather

Snowbird's Tayen Bridges competed for the title of "Miss Cherokee" during this year's competition. Photo courtesy of Cherokee One Feather

An honored tradition

Latresa Phillips
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Cherokee – Each year, the Cherokee community hosts a pageant to crown a representative for the Cherokee Tribal Nation.  Miss Cherokee serves as a cultural ambassador, promoting government, language, history and culture.

Bo Parris

News Staff
Thursday, October 1, 2020
James “Bo” Parris, 85 of the Big Cove community in Cherokee, walked through Heaven’s Gates on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020.  Bo was born in Tryon, Ga. on Jan. 8, 1935.