COMMENTARY: The pecking order

COMMENTARY: The pecking order

By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   Did you know that the Qualla Boundary is part of the North Carolina Birding Trail? Back in 2007, a North Carolina non-profit organization began an effort to help identify and publicize public viewing areas for birdwatching....
CIPD Arrest Report for June 4-11, 2023

CIPD Arrest Report for June 4-11, 2023

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 until...
OBITUARY: Gertha Sneed Shipman

OBITUARY: Gertha Sneed Shipman

Gertha Sneed Shipman, 91, of East Flat Rock, N.C., passed into Heaven Monday, June 5, 2023. Mrs. Shipman was born March 13, 1932, on the Qualla Boundary, Cherokee, N.C. to the late Ernest and Leauna Sneed. She was married to the late Rev. James E. Shipman, Sr. on Jan....
CIPD Arrest Report for June 4-11, 2023

CIPD makes drug bust in McDonald’s parking lot

CHEROKEE, N.C. – Cherokee Indian Police Department (CIPD) officers responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle with the driver slumped over the steering wheel in the McDonald’s parking lot on Tuesday, June 6 at approximately 7:26 a.m. Upon arrival, officers...