Feb. 9, 2012 - Eastern Band of Cherokee

12 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012 cherokee one feather/na tsalagi soquo ugidahliBig Cove Community ReportThe WCU Cherokee LanguageProgram continues to host aMonday night community dropin class from 6-7pm at theCherokee Center located at 1594 AcquoniRoad in Cherokee. Dr. HartwellFrancis, the Cherokee Language ProgramDirector, is teaching CherokeeGrammar from 6-9pm, and he welcomescommunity participation for theirst hour of the class.This week, they went through theon-line course that the WCU CherokeeLanguage Program established forBasic Cherokee Language 101. Alongwith Kituwah Preservation and EducationProgram, the WCU Cherokee LanguageProgram co-hosted a successfulmeeting of the Cherokee LanguageConsortium. Consortium membersworked together to establish the AdvancedHigh Cherokee Language Attainmentbase-line. An Advanced Highlearner can luently and creatively discussmost topics. The group recordedCherokee language childhood stories.After each speaker told about his orher childhood, the rest of the group followedup with questions and comments.An Advanced High learner canunderstand and respond to questionsand comments in the language.Thanks to the Cherokee PreservationFoundation, the audio CDs of lastweek's Cherokee Language Consortiumare now available to communitymembers. Transcripts and languageanalysis will soon follow. Please contactus here at the Cherokee Center ifyou are interested in this excellentCherokee language practice material.You may stop by or call the Ofice Manager,Jane Kneller, at 497-7920.The Native American Social was abig success last Wednesday eveningwith 30 students, staff and faculty inattendance. Future meetings will beheld, until further notice, on Wednesdaysat 5pm in the University Center,Intercultural Affairs Conference Room.All Native students are encouraged toattend. Call the Cherokee Center, 497-7920, or stop by 1594 Acquoni Road,Cherokee, or emailrbelt@email.wcu.eduYouth Wrestling sign-up informationYouth wrestling, ages 5 and up, is now taking registrations. The practices areTuesday and Thursday at Birdtown Gym. Coaches include: T.W. Saunooke, JackWalkingstick, Yona Sequoyah and Jessica McCoy. You may sign up at any of theCherokee Recreation facilities. Info: Pepper Taylor 554-6895By BIG COVE REP. BO TAYLORBig Cove Rep. Perry Shell and I willbe on travel next week as we go toUSET (Impact Week). We also recentlytraveled to Hollywood Florida to meetwith the four original founding membersof USET, which are the EBCI, SeminoleTribe of Florida, Mississippi Bandof Choctaw and the Miccosukee tribe ofFlorida. It is imperative that we as theEastern Band take a more substantialrole in the Native American affairs onthe national scale. Often we getbogged down in local affairs, but weneed to aware that we need to be battlingon the national level to insurethat we continue to protect our rightsand privileges as a sovereign tribe.I have been attending committeemeetings with some issues that couldaffect Big Cove including: Parent PolicyCouncil there are presently at least 10spots available for Big Cove Head Start(3-4) years old.Elder Heating Assistance – I wantto make sure that any elder that is havingheating issues to let me know. Eldersare always priority to ourcommunity. I would just encouragepeople to be frugal with their heatingallotment from the tribe. It is meant tobe supplement to offset the high cost ofheating, not necessarily to pay the entirebill. If you have issues, please contactme so that we can keep you warmand comfortable this winter season.Community WatchWe are presently getting reportsthat crime is on the rise in our community.We are going to be putting ourCommunity Watch into high gear. Ifyou have issues or want to report anopen case please let me know. Hereare some open cases that we are workingon.Recently, there have been severalincidents of breaking and entering /thefts in the Big Cove Community.Victim - James Yoder / 1367Bunches Creek; Someone stole powertools from Mr. Yoder’s residence.ITEMS STOLEN: 3 cans of gas, 4 StihlWeedeaters, 1 Stihl Leaf Blower and 3Stihl Chain SawsVictim – Charlene Lossiah / 73Blankenship Tract; Someone brokeinto Mrs. Lossiah’s residence and stoleprescription medicine. ITEMS STOLEN:Approximately 30 Demerol PillsThere is a $200 cash reward for informationleading to the conviction ofthe person (s) responsible for propertycrimes in the Big Cove area.If you have any information, contactthe Cherokee Indian Police DepartmentLt. Gene Owl at Ofice (828) 554-6613 or Cell (828) 736-9369 or BigCove Rep. Bo Taylor (828) 736-2947.All information is conidential.To report anonymously, text our keyword “SAFEREZ” and then your informationto the number 274637. Any informationsent through our TXT-A-TIPis completely anonymous.