EDITORIAL: Why is access so important?

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   We consider ourselves to be a sovereign nation. We take pride in the fact that we have a government separate from the municipalities around us, and the state and federal governments apart from us. We feel that the band...

LETTER: Tribal member upset with media ban

  Dear Editor: On April 5, the vote taken in Tribal Council to ban all outside media is quite disturbing; all council members voted for the ban except for one.  With that action, every one of us had our constitutional rights violated.  Our right to a free press...

EDITORIAL: The natural attraction of Cherokee

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   It is easy to take the place you live for granted. I have lived in the mountains of western North Carolina most of my life. As a good friend and former coworker used to say, I have fished these streams and walked these...

EDITORIAL: Freedom of speech takes a step backward

  By CHEROKEE ONE FEATHER EDITORIAL BOARD   The cause of a free and open press took a hit last week, albeit a symbolic one, in the Tribal Council Chambers on Thursday, April 5. A member of the press, Holly Kays from The Smoky Mountain News, was directed to...