EDITORIAL: A long way to go and a short time to get there

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   After many years of prioritizing and then putting to the back burner the need for an overhaul of the Cherokee Code, Tribal Council voted last month to assemble a committee to review and “clean up” the Code. This an...

EDITORIAL: A worthless employee?

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   Stuart: “I am afraid you couldn’t be more wrong” Sheldon: “’More wrong?’ ‘Wrong’ is an absolute state and is not subject to gradation.” Stuart: “Of course it is. It is a little wrong to say that a tomato is a...

LETTER: Reader opposes Lumbee recognition efforts

  The Lumbee Tribe’s petition for federal status is a forest with no trees.  That group of non-profit organization people is not a historical native first nations tribal community.  Anyone supporting that lie should view all the documents I have that shows they...

EDITORIAL: Lip readers needed

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   Roughly a year ago, I brought up the subject of public documents and the need to have accurate records of our Tribal Council sessions and truly any official government business that is conducted. The concerns began a...

LETTER: Big Cove representative says farewell, thank you

  There are not enough appropriate words in any language to express to the amazing and wonderful people of the Big Cove and Tow String Community, the extent of my gratitude. It took me 30 years to get 20 and every moment, victory, battle, and loss and win was...

LETTER: Tribal elder addresses safety concerns

  Dear Editor, The cell tower. We have one overlooking Wagon Wheel Gap Road and what I wonder is why it has no light? There are planes. Maybe I’m jumping to conclusions. I think this needs to be remedied soon. There could be a major disaster if not. Another...