by admin | Apr 18, 2017 | OPINIONS
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR “Does a resolution trump an ordinance?” This and many other questions were presented during Tribal Council last week. You really felt like you needed a lawyer present just to interpret the proceedings and things have...
by admin | Apr 17, 2017 | OPINIONS
Mr. Jumper, I am truly sorry that anyone should have to be addressing the current negative status of our tribal government. A house divided cannot serve the best interest of the Cherokee people. This is my personal opinion, but I think there is too much...
by admin | Apr 10, 2017 | OPINIONS
Regardless of your political party affiliation, health care is important to all of us. Although the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is not perfect, it provides coverage for many people without health insurance and offers additional benefits to those of us on...
by admin | Apr 10, 2017 | OPINIONS
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR Wow! We are experiencing a twilight zone moment in our country and in our Tribe. We have forgotten most or all of what our ancestors, not to mention our mammas and daddies, told about treating other people. Back in the...
by admin | Apr 10, 2017 | OPINIONS
Representative Mike Clampitt, NC House District 119, explained to his constituents, at his town hall meeting of Feb. 24 in the Waynesville Haywood County Historic Courthouse, how “in Raleigh we have red buttons and green buttons” to vote on matters...
by admin | Apr 5, 2017 | OPINIONS
(Editor’s Note: Ms. Hibbard is referring to municipal, state, and federal elections; not tribal elections.) Dear Editor, I would like voters to determine who wins our elections. Would you like to have a chance to vote on a ballot measure to affirm that:...
