by admin | Jul 11, 2023 | OPINIONS
Note: This letter to the community, dated Monday, July 10, was provided to the One Feather for publication. Dear EBCI community, I am writing to you as the Chairwoman of the Qualla Enterprises, LLC Board of Managers. We are united in this response. Four of us are...
by admin | Jul 10, 2023 | OPINIONS
By SUNSHINE PARKER Yellowhill Community I write today not as a Judge in the Tribal Court but as an enrolled member of this Tribe. I had the opportunity to watch the most recent work session on the constitution. I heard consistently from everyone around the...
by admin | Jul 7, 2023 | OPINIONS
By REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR (Transcribed by Myra D. Colgate) Cherokee Pentecostal Holiness Church Read Isaiah 61: verses 3, 2, 1, and 4. “Today, my Assignment is to start with the end and then go to the beginning, and finish with Verse 4,” stated, Pastor...
by admin | Jul 7, 2023 | OPINIONS
By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor They relieve themselves in the most inconvenient places and the most inappropriate times. They bark incessantly at a seemingly nonstop line of ghosts. They need food, water, shelter, and attention. Depending on the size, they...
by admin | Jun 30, 2023 | OPINIONS
By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor Maybe if we had a constitution instead of a charter, things would not have been so frustrating this week. After all, as the Attorney General’s Office puts it, we would be talking about making amendments to it instead of...
by admin | Jun 30, 2023 | OPINIONS
By HANNAH SMITH Birdtown Community It is rare that I comment publicly about the Tribe’s legal challenges and politics, but the recent events around the proposed constitution now compel me to do so. If Tribal Council allows Resolution 559 (2023) to stand and the...
