Snowbird

Eastern Band reacts to new cabinet member

Charlie Benton
Thursday, December 31, 2020
As the new presidential administration prepares to take office, with it will come the first Native American to ever serve on a Presidential Cabinet. In December, President-Elect Joe Biden, D-Delaware, announced that he had nominated Rep.
Re-assembling the library is just one of several things Snowbird is doing during its temporary stint in the Ingles Shopping Center. Photos by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Re-assembling the library is just one of several things Snowbird is doing during its temporary stint in the Ingles Shopping Center. Photos by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

EBCI sets up operations center

Charlie Benton
Thursday, December 3, 2020
Robbinsville – The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will be offering services to its own in the shopping center next to Ingles Market in Robbinsville, as it constructs a new tribal complex that will replace the dated facility in the Snowbird community.

Amy Smoker

News Staff
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Amy Smoker, 91, a Cherokee Language fluent speaker of the Snowbird Community in Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, at The Elizabeth House in Hendersonville, N.C.  Ms. Amy is the daughter of the late Jesse Teesateskie and Polly Catt Bird Teesateskie.

Annie Welch

News Staff
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Annie Belle Welch, 72 of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020 at Graham Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. She was a native of Graham County, and the daughter of the late Henry and Bessie Smoker Jumper.

Cherokee historian passes away

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, September 17, 2020
Tuskeegee – No matter what role T.J. Holland filled, he always had Cherokee heritage as his motivation. The beloved member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians passed away Saturday following an accident at a residence on Upper Tuskeegee Road. He was just 44.

Brawl ends in two arrests

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, August 20, 2020
Snowbird – A dispute over use of roadway led to a wild scuffle and later the arrests of two local residents. Shanda Buchanan Dooley, 40 and Todd Hubert Dooley, 48 – both of Riverview Drive – were booked into the Graham County Jail on Aug.

Tracey Saunooke

News Staff
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Tracey Lee Saunooke, 47, of the Snowbird Community, passed away Thursday, April 23, 2020 at her residence. She is survived her mother, Lynda Saunooke; the love of her life, Sonny Holder; her aunts Marion (Jody) Taylor and husband Jonah of Cherokee, N.C. and Laura Saunooke of Robbinsville, N.C.
Amateur cordwainers recently gathered at the Snowbird Community Library to make moccasins. Clockwise from top middle are Candy Wachacha-Crowe, Jennifer Wachacha, Robbi Pounds, Kasey Frazier, Paige Wachacha Gross and Michael Crowe. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Amateur cordwainers recently gathered at the Snowbird Community Library to make moccasins. Clockwise from top middle are Candy Wachacha-Crowe, Jennifer Wachacha, Robbi Pounds, Kasey Frazier, Paige Wachacha Gross and Michael Crowe. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

The meaning of Gadugi

Robbi Pounds
Thursday, January 9, 2020
Snowbird – When someone dropped out of the recent moccasin class at Snowbird Community Library, I pounced on the spot, in spite of the fact that I cannot sew, do not craft and have no patience with the tedium that comes with making pretty things by hand.

Snowbird hosts Christmas bazaar

Robbi Pounds
Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Snowbird – The third annual Christmas Bazaar returned to the Snowbird Complex on Friday, Dec. 13, as more than a dozen vendors offered an array of products from locally made jerky to hand-crafted jewelry and beadwork.