by admin | Mar 12, 2018 | OPINIONS
Observations and random thoughts Vol. 2018 1.4 By WILLIAM LEDFORD I keep writing these things and they keep vanishing, volumes two and three have gotten lost in the ether of the internet and things that I wrote about then are old news now. So much stuff...
by admin | Mar 5, 2018 | OPINIONS
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” Mahatma Ghandi We are in great need of an overhaul of government protocol. I am not talking about the people who fill the seats of our elected posts. If there are issues...
by admin | Mar 2, 2018 | OPINIONS
When my wife and I retired from the United States Coast Guard, we moved back to her home town of Cherokee, North Carolina. We had dogs of our own, but we started to notice that there were a lot of stray dogs and dogs along roadsides that looked to be homeless...
by admin | Feb 26, 2018 | OPINIONS
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR There are 30 miles of fishable streams on the Qualla Boundary. Those streams have been here for as long as the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Water is not just a commodity to us. It is spiritual. It is a source of...
by admin | Feb 19, 2018 | OPINIONS
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR When it comes to crosswalk safety on the Boundary, the Tribe and Department of Transportation have made significant progress over years past. Fresh stripes have been painted on those crosswalks in many places and...
by admin | Feb 14, 2018 | OPINIONS
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Parts of this column occur many miles off of the Qualla Boundary (aka Cherokee Indian Reservation), but the sentiments very much apply. Years ago, we took my daughter to the historic city of Savannah, Ga., and, while there,...
