LETTER: Against national motto on public buildings

  Note: This letter to the editor is in response to an article published in the Feb. 11 issue of the One Feather entitled “In God We Trust motto withdrawn in Council”.  “When I asked for a way to get it set up and come on the Council, I had no inkling or...

EDITORIAL: The sound of silence   

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   In January 2016, Tribal Council passed a law (Resolution No. 87) that did away with verbatim written documentation of Council sessions as a matter of course. In other words, the exact words of the Council no longer had...

EDITORIAL: What’s in your wallet?    

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   A quick search on Indeed.com, an employment research website, for “Native American Tribal Council”, “Native American Tribal Chief” and “Native American Vice-Chief”, results in annual average salary information of...

EDITORIAL: Fear Factor   

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   I have never been a gloom and doom person. I do, however, believe that each of us would be crazy not to see the signs that our world, and in some cases, our local communities are becoming more dangerous places to be....