by admin | Dec 17, 2018 | OPINIONS
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...
by admin | Dec 12, 2018 | OPINIONS
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...
by admin | Dec 12, 2018 | OPINIONS
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF My wife and I recently watched a short documentary on YouTube entitled “Metal from the Dirt” which covered a fledging, and growing, metal band scene on the Navajo Nation. Most of their shows are put on out of the...
by admin | Dec 7, 2018 | OPINIONS
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...
by admin | Dec 7, 2018 | OPINIONS
We will soon be the proud recipients of a tribal government that has, for the first time in our people’s history, decided to use tribal resources to directly benefit people who aren’t even citizens of the US. Workforce housing is the cloak being used. It is...
by admin | Dec 3, 2018 | OPINIONS
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR Getting youth engaged in the Cherokee language can be challenging. Our young people are smart, energetic and purposeful. From early ages, our kids will challenge any directive that does not have a right answer for the...