Chief, Council debate vetoed legislation

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   Four separate pieces of vetoed legislation were debated by Tribal Council and Principal Chief Patrick Lambert during the regular session on Thursday, Sept. 8.  The vetoed legislation included creation of an Office of...

Council votes to keep Redsk*ns vans

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   Tribal Council voted on Sept. 10, 2015 to “cease all relationships” with the Washington NFL team and its Original Americans Foundation (OAF).  Almost a year to the day, Council voted to keep two Mercedes vans that...

Qualla Arts and Crafts turns 70

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   Cherokee arts and crafts have been done since time immemorial.  The marketing of those crafts to tourists and visitors to Cherokee is a relatively new thing in the big scheme of things – having started in gusto in...