COMMENTARY: Photography is art one second at a time 

    By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF    One of my favorite movies is “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” – I’m a sucker for the sappy.  In that movie, Walter, played by Ben Stiller, has an interesting conversation with famous photographer Sean...

COMMENTARY: How do I become Cherokee? 

  By SHANNON SWIMMER  PAINTTOWN COMMUNITY    This question often elicits eye rolls and sarcastic answers. But, what would happen if enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians started asking that question, in an earnest way, in an effort to be...

COMMENTARY: Counterpunching…

  Observations and random thoughts.    By WILLIAM LEDFORD   There are no football gods. My beloved Green Bay Packers needed 3 half’s to beat the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship but unfortunately most games only have two of them. No, I take...

SPEAKING OF FAITH: Holiness aligns us up with God

  REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR CHEROKEE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH   “Rejoice in the Lord Always: and again I say, Rejoice. “Let your moderation be known unto all men.  The Lord is at hand.  “Be careful for nothing: but in everything by prayer and...

COMMENTARY: Welcome back off-Boundary media!

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   Today (Feb. 5) during Reports to Council, the Tribal Council seemed to come to an understanding concerning a year-long plus media “ban” of all media except for Cherokee One Feather staff in the Council Chambers during...