EDITORIAL: Letting our children shine     

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   If you didn’t make the trip to the Chief Joyce Dugan Cultural Arts Center this weekend to watch the Cherokee Musical Theater production of the “Lion King Jr.”, you missed something truly amazing and historic for our...

EDITORIAL: When your mother dies    

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   On March 3, I joined millions of people who have learned that their mother had died. It seems like this should not be an earth-shattering event. I mean that, with so many mothers passing away each year, it shouldn’t be...

EDITORIAL: Come together  

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   As we go to press, the community is dealing with the aftermath of a forest fire that, according to our Principal Chief’s office, has burned approximately 50 acres of timber, flora and fauna. As we moved to and from our...

EDITORIAL: Sex, lies and video tape     

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   As a tribal member, I was left a little bewildered by the Tribal Council sessions of the last week of March and the first week of April. It ran the gambit of alleged unethical hiring practices at the Gaming Commission...