COMMENTARY: Don’t let yourself be silenced.

by | May 7, 2022 | OPINIONS

  By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   At the end of the Tribal Council session on May 5, time they typically reserve for banishments, a representative requested additional legislation to address a temporary banishment of an individual from tribal lands. As...

COMMENTARY: Order in the Court

by | May 7, 2022 | OPINIONS

  By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   Silence can be deceptive. If you are sitting in a courtroom, like I was last week, you can get the feeling that justice is delivered at a snail’s pace. The gallery is only engaged in the activities of the court by...

COMMENTARY: “My Truth”

by | May 7, 2022 | OPINIONS

  By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   I was listening to a recent session of Tribal Council in which it was stated that the person speaking was there to tell “my truth”. The inference from that statement (my opinion only) is that truth is situational. And...

COMMENTARY: It’s getting better all the time

by | May 7, 2022 | OPINIONS

  By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   “I’ve got to admit it’s getting better, A little better all the time.” Those 1967 Beatles lyrics ring true as we progress through 2022. One of the lines in that verse is “It can’t get no worse” and, for many months of...

COMMENTARY: Your vote is important in the primary

by | May 7, 2022 | OPINIONS

  By MARY HERR Cherokee, N.C.   Early voting started Thursday, April 28 for Swain County residents at Birdtown Gym in Cherokee and Swain County Board of Elections in Bryson City.  Hours are from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. weekdays until May 13, Saturdays April 30...