COMMENTARY: What we were before

  By ROBERT JUMPER  ONE FEATHER EDITOR    We must try, as a tribal community, to care for what we have. It is not acceptable to sit back and expect that our elected officials will handle all that we need done. They are representatives of us, the people. If...

OBITUARY: Furman Douglas Smith-Crowe

  Furman Douglas Smith-Crowe, 71 of Cherokee, passed Dec. 18, 2020 after battling illness for the past several months. He was born March 19, 1949 in Cherokee. He was a preacher, artist, accomplished stone and wood carver, and musician. He loved traveling and...

OBITUARY: Dovi Queen

  Dovi Queen, 26, of Bryson City, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. She was the daughter of Ned Daniel and Stephanie Welch. She was preceded in death by her grandmother, Gladys Roback; grandfather, Owen Smoker Jr.; honorary grandparents, Red and...