LETTER: Tribal member not happy with Town Hall time

  Note: This letter is in regards to the Town Hall meeting for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians set for Tuesday, May 15 at 5:30pm.  Why so early?  Snowbird and Cherokee County has a long way to travel.  Why not 6:30pm?  I forgot, sorry, you think Snowbird and...

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...