ᏚᏳᎪᏛᎢ ᎤᏂᏍᏆᏛ - Right Path Alumni

ᏚᏳᎪᏛᎢ ᎤᏂᏍᏆᏛ - Right Path Alumni Cultural Adult Leadership Program The first group of participants, ranging in age from 20 to 40, completed The Right Path in September of 2011.

In 2010, the Foundation launched The Right Path, a yearlong leadership development program for adult members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The name of the program is drawn from the Cherokee term “du-yu dv-I”, which means “the right way.” The goal of the program is to instill contemporary leadership competencies based on traditional Cherokee cultural values and customs. Through monthly

two-day sessions, The Right Path participants plan and engage in community projects, receive instruction in the Cherokee language and syllabary, and study tribal government processes and agencies. The program also covers cultural values, Cherokee social systems and gender roles, the Cherokee language, governance, healthy living, artistic expression, the natural world and the environment, During a field trip, leaders hear details about a mound that centuries ago was a center of commerce and diplomacy for the Cherokee.sports and recreation, storytelling and humour, and indigenous peoples and their leadership initiatives, community programs and tribal heroes. According to The Right Path program manager Juanita Wilson, this initiative has a dual mission: Give participants the resources and tools that will enable them to draw on Cherokee traditions in their decision making process as emerging tribal leaders, and learn about and embrace the traditional Cherokee value of selfless service to others or “ga-du-gi.”

Participants are selected for the program by a Nominating Committee and receive employers’ support for their attendance. The lifelong learning experience was transformative for these new leaders. Many program participants noted enthusiastically that they have a deepened understanding of tribal identity and how cultural values are developed and implemented throughout their lives. The Right Path graduates are seeking ways to stay involved with the program beyond graduation by conducting cultural presentations for future The Right Path programs.

12/20/2023

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05/17/2023

📣Principal Chief Candidate Debate Tonight at 6pm! 📣

Tunney Crowe ✅
Michell Hicks ✅
Gary R. Ledford ✅
Richard G. Sneed ✅
Robert O. Saunooke ✅
Lori Taylor ✅

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Right Path is accepting nominations!
05/25/2022

Right Path is accepting nominations!

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Right Path hosted a drive thru luncheon (December 14, 2021) for its alumni with a great turnout! We hope you had a great...
01/10/2022

Right Path hosted a drive thru luncheon (December 14, 2021) for its alumni with a great turnout! We hope you had a great holiday season. Remember to continue to practice the 3 Ws! Sgi!

11/14/2021

November 14-20 is Rock Your Mocs week. Please take time to wear your moccasins, take a photo and upload it to social media with also feel free to post on our page. Sgi!

11/03/2021

Siyo Nigada!
The Cherokee Children’s Home has reached out to the community about donating money to their residents this Christmas. I would like for the Right Path Alumni to come together and donate as a group.
Starting next week till Friday December 3, I will be taking up monetary donations. I have [email protected]. Or, you can pay in cash, drop off at my office or I can pick it up.
We need to raise $350. Thank you in advance.
Sgi,
Tara McCoy

03/08/2021

Ray Kinsland Leadership Institute has announced the launch of a new pilot program for alumni of the Duyugodv’i Right Path Adult Leadership Program. Ten Duyugodv’i Right Path Adult Leadership Program alumni were selected through an application and interview process to participate in this year-lon...

Go Dr. Blythe Wi******er! Sgi, for all your hard work and contributions to the care of our elders.
11/25/2020

Go Dr. Blythe Wi******er! Sgi, for all your hard work and contributions to the care of our elders.

Blythe Wi******er has known since a young age that she wanted to be a doctor. She remembers “doctoring” her dolls as a child in Cherokee’s Wolfetown community, using the empty needleless syringes her father would bring home from his job as a social worker. The little girl would inject the toys...

11/18/2020

Roberta Sapp learned to make sassafras tea from her grandfather, who used it as a medicine for colds and ailments.

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