EBCI marks MMIW Awareness Day

EBCI marks MMIW Awareness Day

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Staff   With the smell of white sage in the air, an American Bald Eagle flew over the Unity Field in Cherokee on the warm spring evening of Thursday, May 5.  Members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) were...

COMMENTARY: Don’t let yourself be silenced.

  By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   At the end of the Tribal Council session on May 5, time they typically reserve for banishments, a representative requested additional legislation to address a temporary banishment of an individual from tribal lands. As...

COMMENTARY: Order in the Court

  By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   Silence can be deceptive. If you are sitting in a courtroom, like I was last week, you can get the feeling that justice is delivered at a snail’s pace. The gallery is only engaged in the activities of the court by...

COMMENTARY: “My Truth”

  By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   I was listening to a recent session of Tribal Council in which it was stated that the person speaking was there to tell “my truth”. The inference from that statement (my opinion only) is that truth is situational. And...

COMMENTARY: It’s getting better all the time

  By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   “I’ve got to admit it’s getting better, A little better all the time.” Those 1967 Beatles lyrics ring true as we progress through 2022. One of the lines in that verse is “It can’t get no worse” and, for many months of...