EDITORIAL: Orphans, Elders, and Victims

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is one of the most family-minded communities in the world. No municipality I know comes together like this one when trouble arises. Whether it is sickness, poverty, or some other...

COMMENTARY: Do restrictions on protests violate rights?

  By JOSEPH MARTIN ONE FEATHER STAFF   I’ve covered governments both on and off tribal land. They’ve ranged from Tribal Council and its committees to school boards, from county commissions to town councils and aldermen. I can say this with confidence, none...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Missing the Christ of Christmas

  Pastor Nick Smith   A familiar decoration at Christmas is the Nativity Scene.  Some people adorn their homes with small statues or their yards with large illumined figures of the Nativity.  We know the characters all too well.  There is Mary, Joseph, the...

EDITORIAL: Familiarity breeds contempt

  By ROBERT JUMPER  ONE FEATHER EDITOR    I was watching the live feed of Tribal Council and again some of the official video archives of different sessions of government workings, and I came away a little sad at what we are allowing ourselves to be and how...