COMMENTARY: A wall is a good place to start

  By JOSH HOLLOWAY SNOWBIRD COMMUNITY   The recent government shutdown accomplished very little and showed the American citizens just how divisive and tribal we have become.  What’s even more disturbing is that we have attributed our need, or lack thereof,...

COMMENTARY: It’s a new year…same as the old year

  Observations and random thoughts Vol 19.1   By WILLIAM LEDFORD   It’s a new year! 2019! And nothing has changed in Washington. No, I retract that. The Democrats now hold the House of Representatives and record numbers of female legislators now hold...

EDITORIAL: Scandalous behavior

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   When we are children, it comes naturally to point fingers, mainly if we can’t get things to go the way we want them to or if we feel we are going to be blamed for a bad outcome. “He did it, no she did...

COMMENTARY: Tribal Archives should be fast-tracked

  By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF   My daughter was in the second grade when the deadline passed for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to have a Tribal Archives facility constructed.  She is now a freshman at the University of Iowa and the facility...

COMMENTARY: Please curb use of the term ‘addict’

  By JEREMY WILSON WOLFTOWN TRIBAL COUNCIL REP.   Recently, I made a post in regards to our syringe exchange program, and I was respectfully corrected when using the term “addict”. I removed that word and took some time to think about it. I understand why we...