Park celebrates 2021 Employee of the Year 

  Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced the selection of Brad Roberts as the 2021 Employee of the Year on Monday, Jan. 24.  Roberts has worked at the Smokies for 30 years and currently serves as the maintenance mechanic supervisor. He was nominated for...

January is highest COVID month for Cherokee

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Staff   January 2022 has seen the highest number of new COVID-19 cases reported in the Cherokee community out of any month since the pandemic began.  And, the month isn’t over yet. The EBCI (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)...

COMMENTARY: Why has courtesy become so uncommon?

  By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   Patience. It is a virtue indeed. And, like me, I am sure you all could use a good dose of it. Pardon me for being rude, but we have become a society of, if not community of, discourteous people. Don’t believe me? Get...

COMMENTARY: Financial illiteracy on the Boundary

  By JONAH LOSSIAH One Feather Staff   I was amongst the last groups of EBCI (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians )kids that received their ‘big money’ in one lump sum. I had just graduated high school and was told the best thing to do would be to cash the...

CIPD Arrest Report for Jan. 16-23

  The following people were arrested by the Cherokee Indian Police Department and booked into the Anthony Edward Lossiah Justice Center. It should be noted that the following defendants have only been charged with the crimes listed and should be presumed innocent...