Upcoming Pow Wows for Aug. 4-7

  Note: This list of pow wows was compiled by One Feather staff.  The One Feather does not endorse any of these dances. It is simply a listing of ones occurring throughout the continent.  Please call before traveling.   31st Annual Oglala Lakota Nation...

James Raymond Jenkins Nix – obituary

  James Raymond Jenkins Nix, 40, of Cherokee went home to be with the Lord Saturday, July 23, 2016. A native of Cherokee, he was the son of the late James Murphy and Selma Geraldine Lambert Jenkins.   He is survived by three brothers, Emmett Jenkins and family,...

Lula Reed Owl – obituary

Lula Reed Owl, 97, of Cherokee went home to be with the Lord Saturday, July 23, 2016. A native of Cherokee, she was the daughter of the late Fidele and Addie Hornbuckle Reed. She was a member of the Cherokee United Methodist Church. She worked for 27 years at the...

Longtime Cherokee art teacher retires

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   Decades and decades of students at Cherokee High School have learned more about their culture, particularly as it relates to arts and crafts, through the tireless work of Alyne Stamper.  Now, after 44 years with the...

Mattocks indicted on kidnapping charges

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   The mother of three Cherokee children who allegedly kidnapped them and took them to Mexico has been formally indicted on kidnapping charges.  Arrested and taken into custody in June, Shira Elizabeth Mattocks, 27, aka...