by admin | May 8, 2017 | OPINIONS
By VICE CHIEF RICHARD G. SNEED If there were ever a job that needed an instruction manual included, it’s being a parent. Parenting in general is a difficult task, and as author and psychologist Dr. James Dobson noted in the title of his 1987 parenting...
by admin | May 3, 2017 | OPINIONS
Observations and random thoughts Vol. 19.1 By WILLIAM LEDFORD It seems these days that the action never stops. It’s been another busy few weeks. The soap opera at the homeland continues to churn with the current action/reaction phase. Impeachment....
by admin | May 2, 2017 | OPINIONS
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR Most communities don’t like it. When it comes to land use, owners don’t like to be told how they can, or can’t use their land. The idea of zoning gets people in a bad mood. Zoning, or comprehensive land use plans, can...
by admin | Apr 24, 2017 | OPINIONS
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR If ever there was an example of why we need clear, concise law, it is the situation we find ourselves in now. We are now finding that it is going to take a court session (or three) to figure the difference between the...
by admin | Apr 18, 2017 | OPINIONS
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR “Does a resolution trump an ordinance?” This and many other questions were presented during Tribal Council last week. You really felt like you needed a lawyer present just to interpret the proceedings and things have...
by admin | Apr 17, 2017 | OPINIONS
Mr. Jumper, I am truly sorry that anyone should have to be addressing the current negative status of our tribal government. A house divided cannot serve the best interest of the Cherokee people. This is my personal opinion, but I think there is too much...
