by Anthony Brown | Jun 2, 2016 | OPINIONS
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR Spring has sprung and folks are looking for great opportunities to spend great family time in Cherokee. We have some great natural attractions to enjoy from the Island Park downtown to Mingo Falls. The total cost to...
by Anthony Brown | Jun 1, 2016 | OPINIONS
By WILLIAM LEDFORD I’ve read a lot of comments regarding the racist slur used for the Washington NFL team. Mostly I’m baffled by the sheer ignorance expressed by supporters of the R word. The Webster dictionary identifies it as a slur and the...
by Anthony Brown | May 27, 2016 | OPINIONS
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR There has been some discussion about the possibility of eliminating the primary process from the election scheme for future EBCI tribal elections. Some of the concern arose because write-in candidates came in after the...
by Anthony Brown | May 20, 2016 | OPINIONS
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR The Eastern Band of Cherokee Nation is known as being the biggest economic engine in western North Carolina. Since the advent of the casino, government jobs and retail has expanded at an incredible rate. The Tribe has...
by Anthony Brown | May 16, 2016 | OPINIONS
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR “One pill makes you larger, one pill makes you small, And the ones that mother gives you, Don’t do anything at all, Go ask Alice, When she’s ten feet tall, And if you go chasing rabbits, And you know...
by Anthony Brown | May 10, 2016 | OPINIONS
Yesterday, Thursday, May 5, the majority of Council members voted to revoke only one small portion of Bill J. Ledford’s will. They accepted the will except for the part where Bill left me a life estate in the home we had shared since 1998. Thanks to...