COMMENTARY: Students, be thankful for your fortune

  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...

Beloved Man Chief Youngdeer passes away 

  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...

Zachariah Lightning Rattler 

  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...

Charlotte Welch Taylor -obituary

  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...