EDITORIAL: Diversify 

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   The Principal Chief recently released the figures for our individual per capita checks, and the numbers are up. Roughly, we will be seeing an extra $300 (over previous December). Thanks to the dedicated work of the...

A goldmine in trash

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   On Oct. 12, Cameron Cooper, retail development specialist for the EBCI Commerce Department, gave Tribal Council an update on an economic development opportunity that could be a boon for the Cherokee economy and ecology...

Frances Pauline Watkins Mathews

  Frances Pauline Watkins Mathews, 74, of the Towstring Community went home to be with the Lord on Friday, Nov. 6 at her residence. A native of Rockingham County and longtime resident of Swain County, she was the daughter of the late James Monroe and Minnie Watkins.  ...