by admin | Oct 22, 2018 | OPINIONS
By JOSEPH MARTIN ONE FEATHER STAFF Sitting in a Tribal Council discussion over changes in educational funding policy got me thinking. The issues were over whether to pay for students’ parking as a part of the Tribe’s funding for college students to...
by admin | Oct 22, 2018 | NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JOSEPH MARTIN ONE FEATHER STAFF Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has claimed Cherokee heritage, and it’s been a source of controversy among tribes and her Republican critics. While she isn’t a member of the Cherokee Nation, United Keetoowah Band or...
by admin | Oct 21, 2018 | Front Page, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has lost a great leader, man, and servant. Beloved Man Robert S. Youngdeer, a former Principal Chief, passed away on the evening of Saturday, Oct. 20. Chief Youngdeer served...
by admin | Oct 21, 2018 | OBITUARIES
Zachariah Lightning Rattler, 40, of Cherokee, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018. He is survived by his father, Joe Harris; his grandmother, Elsie Rattler; his children, Zebe Rattler, Julie Ann Welch, Kahya Cucumber, Khlloe Cucumber, Seth...
by admin | Oct 21, 2018 | OBITUARIES
Charlotte Welch Taylor, age 88, of the Painttown Community, went to her heavenly home on Oct. 17,2018. She was born on Nov. 10,1929 in Cherokee. She attended and graduated from Cherokee schools and Haskell Indian College in Lawrence, Kan. She worked many jobs...