EDITORIAL: Enhancing our economy with respect and urgency

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   We hear it all the time – mostly about our history, culture and people. We have pride in who we are and what has made us the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. We are protective of our identity. One of the sources...

USET Annual Meeting opens in Cherokee

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   On Oct. 4, 1968, tribal leaders from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, and the Seminole Tribe of Florida met and formed an organization that would become USET (United...

Local royalty visits with Chief Lambert

Kaneya Jade Simpson, an EBCI tribal member, recently competed in the Sunburst USA Beauty Pageant in Asheville where she won awards for: Best Halloween Costume – Tiara, Best Personality, Top Model Look, Prettiest Smile, Prettiest Eyes, Prettiest Hair, Best Attire, and...