COMMENTARY: A strong free press benefits us all

  By JOSEPH MARTIN ONE FEATHER STAFF   The media’s relationship with elected officials, has at times, been a contentious one, but it’s undeniable a free press provides a valuable service to the public in a democracy. When the media is owned and funded by a...

COMMENTARY: Cherokee language has become a novelty

  Shi-yo  Ni-ga-da, It is the start of another school year. Every year, we send our kids to schools, private and public, to learn so they will be articulate and literate in this modern world. Every year, high schools graduate seniors and elementary schools...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Couple enjoyed Fire Mountain Trail

  I just want to say that my wife and I had a great time this past week in Cherokee, what a beautiful place! We really enjoyed riding our bikes on the Fire Mountain trail system. You do a wonderful job keeping those trails well maintained. Thank you, for a great...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Wants sports gaming

  The estimate given in the One Feather was $250,000,000. Not a small chunk of change by any measure. Enormous as that number seems, would you believe that, that number, was just a small fraction of the money that exchanged hands in the sports betting industry...

EDITORIAL: Please don’t stand so close to me.

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   We are all wondering what happened to our world. On a planet that is more connected than ever before, we deal daily with the aftermath of actions taken because members of our society feel isolated, segregated, and...