COMMENTARY: COVID Tourism

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   Since the early 1950s, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) has depended on tourism in some form or fashion to be a sustaining economic community driver. The Tribe, for decades, was sustained by a combination of...

SPEAKING OF FAITH: God is watching us!

  REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON CHEROKEE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH   “‘Obedience is better than sacrifice, saith the Lord,’ stated Pastor Melton.  In today’s Christian-‘ese’ the ‘Fear of the Lord,’ has long been neglected in being lived out and is scarcely...

SPEAKING OF FAITH: Jesus is coming back 

  REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR  CHEROKEE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH    Read 1 Peter 4:1-19; 1 Peter 5:6-11 “If you look at any of the news broadcasts today, you will see there are already people here who are calling ‘good’ things as being ‘evil’, many of...

EDITORIAL: Support responsible businesses

  By the One Feather Editorial Board   The health of our community – socially, physically, economically – is at least partially dependent on the business community. While we, as a community, have some insulation from the economic affects of...

COMMENTARY: Why I Vote

  I vote because it gives me a voice in the quality of life for my family now and into the future. For years, I drove four hours from out of state to Cherokee to vote in the tribal elections.  Today, my older son drives 10 hours to get here to vote. Now, I live...