EDITORIAL: A double-edged sword

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   The EBCI tribal government recently announced the long-standing practice of random drug testing of tribal employees had been researched and found to be a violation of rights protected under the (federal) constitution....

Campaign finance practices questioned

  By JOSEPH MARTIN ONE FEATHER STAFF   While tribal officials of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians have argued for years that donations to political candidates have been necessary to get favorable representation, some have questioned the practice. Critics...

Dr. Amanda Sequoyah Swimmer – obituary

    God called in his time and grace on Saturday, Nov. 24 for Amanda Sequoyah Swimmer, 97 years old. Born on Oct. 27, 1921 to Molly Davis Sequoyah and Runningwolfe Sequoyah, she was preceded in death by her husband, Luke Swimmer; one daughter, Mary Ellen...

COMMENTARY: Tribe needs to allow media access, all access

  By JOSEPH MARTIN ONE FEATHER STAFF   People often make the mistake of assuming that government control of the media consists solely of trying to censor the paper. It’s much more than that, and they often do it to the private media as well, and tribal...