COMMENTARY: Ain’t nothing like grandma’s hands

By CHELSEA TAYLOR Wolftown Community   “Grandma’s Hands” is a song that multiple artists have recorded their very own version of. Most of the lyrics are the same with a few insertions here and there. In Gladys Knight’s version of the song, there is a lyric that...

COMMENTARY: Leaving a bad taste

By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   The Cherokee language is important. It is a treasure. It is a part of the characteristics of what it means to be Cherokee. Some have even insinuated that a tribal member’s very identity as a Cherokee rests on their knowledge...

SPEAKING OF FAITH: Resurrection Sunday, 2023

By REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR (Transcribed by Myra D. Colgate) Cherokee Pentecostal Holiness Church   Read:  Matthew 28: 1-10; John 20:12,18-23. “Yes, He is risen!  I’m so glad He has gotten up!  He got up, so I can get up!  All of us who believe can know...
COMMENTARY: Why I look up to the late Wilma Mankiller

COMMENTARY: Why I look up to the late Wilma Mankiller

By CHELSEA TAYLOR WOLFTOWN COMMUNITY   If you aren’t on social media, you may not be aware that I look up to the late Wilma Mankiller, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Mankiller was the first and only female to serve two terms as Principal Chief from...

SPEAKING OF FAITH: Stuck in the middle…

By REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR (Transcribed by Myra D. Colgate)   Read:  Matthew 14:22-33; Mark 6:35-52 Continued… Peter had asked for and gotten permission to get out of the boat and “to walk on the water to Jesus.”  After getting Jesus’ permission, Peter had...