COMMENTARY: Is exclusion serious?

By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   The ability to banish or exclude people from our lands “is an inherent and essential part of Tribal sovereignty. It is indispensable to the Tribe’s autonomy and self-governance.” Sounds serious to our government. According to...

SPEAKING OF FAITH: Stuck in the middle

By TIMOTHY L. MELTON   Cherokee Pentecostal Holiness Church Pastor Transcribed by Myra D. Colgate   Read: Matthew 14:22-33; Mark 6:35-52 How many basketfuls of the boy’s lunch leftovers remained? What a miracle that was in the middle of that region with no large...

COMMENTARY: Oh, what a tangled web we weave

By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   I have always been a great proponent of transparency in government. And I know that some of you are wondering why I won’t let go of the topic. I think it is a critical need that is at the forefront of the issues of our Tribe....

SPEAKING OF FAITH: Are we ready yet?

By REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON Cherokee Pentecostal Holiness Church pastor Transcribed by Myra D. Colgate   Read: Psalms 91, Isaiah 10:1-31, James 4:7-10, Matthew 6:3-4, 17-18 In Psalm 91, we are to submit to God, submit to the Lord yield to Him, draw nigh (draw...