by admin | Feb 7, 2022 | OPINIONS
By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor During Budget Council on Feb. 1, Tribal Council engaged in a discussion of banishment law. They talked about how hard it would be to banish a tribal member because, in our Cherokee Code, it has been made clear that any...
by admin | Jan 31, 2022 | OPINIONS
By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor Cultural appropriation. From the tomahawk chop to the Jeep Cherokee to car dealership, cigar shop style Indian statues towering over a heavily trafficked road, it is interwoven into American society. Some Indigenous...
by admin | Jan 28, 2022 | OPINIONS
By FRANK DUNN Tribal Foods Representative First, I wish to thank Mr. Robert Jumper for his article and sharing his memories and perspective of the commodity program. As the manager of the Tribal Food Distribution (Commodity) Program, I would like to...
by admin | Jan 27, 2022 | OPINIONS
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Staff Each morning as I come into work from the Painttown area, I come through downtown Cherokee. Lately, I’ve noticed more and more tattered U.S. flags in downtown and some in other parts of the Qualla Boundary. First...
by admin | Jan 24, 2022 | OPINIONS
By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor Patience. It is a virtue indeed. And, like me, I am sure you all could use a good dose of it. Pardon me for being rude, but we have become a society of, if not community of, discourteous people. Don’t believe me? Get...
by admin | Jan 24, 2022 | OPINIONS
By JONAH LOSSIAH One Feather Staff I was amongst the last groups of EBCI (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians )kids that received their ‘big money’ in one lump sum. I had just graduated high school and was told the best thing to do would be to cash the...
