Coalition led by Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians works to remove the Ela Dam
The Oconaluftee River starts as a trickle high on the North Carolina-Tennessee border in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The river grows as it flows through the Qualla Boundary — modern-day home of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians — and under the Blue Ridge Parkway before emptying into the Tuckasegee River near Bryson City, […]
