EDITORIAL: 15,578

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   We are only three weeks away from some important decisions. We have done our best to provide you with the tools you need to make informed decisions. The Junaluska Leadership Council provided candidate forums so that...

LETTER: Apology to Cherokee community

  In 2016, I was part of a “cultural exchange” trip to New Zealand.  I made a mistake.  I spoke indirectly on behalf of Cherokee people. Those in charge of this trip were a Maori woman named Doreen Bennett and a man who claims to be Cherokee named...

EDITORIAL: Armchair marketing

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   “I know how to market Cherokee because I am the demographic,” said anyone who has provided advice and guidance in a leadership role within our tribal government. It seems that we know what we like, therefore we know...

Visitor surprised at Drama changes

  I came to Cherokee again after 10 years on July 29, 2017, not to see Harrah’s and all its “gilded cages”, but to expose my soul and spirit to the extremely unjust, raw and emotional upheaval of the Cherokee Nation’s version of...

Tribal member frustrated with housing issues

  I am writing this in regards to roadblocks I’ve been running into concerning the land transfers.  I started the procedure to have property transferred to me last fall.  It has been almost a year now, and although it has gone through all departments and has been...