by admin | Jul 12, 2021 | OPINIONS
By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor It was a common conversation in the tourism offices when I was involved in that area – folks coming into the welcome centers from out of town and immediately walking up to a staff member and giving that staff...
by admin | Jul 9, 2021 | OPINIONS
By REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR (Transcribed by Myra Colgate) Cherokee Pentecostal Holiness Church Testimony by Jeffrey T. and Rebecca McKinney Part One “Monday, May 24, 2021, began like any other day. It was to forever change my life. “I’d wanted to...
by admin | Jul 6, 2021 | OPINIONS
By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor First off, we are not discussing traditional or culturally held values, so you may put down the torches and tar. Not in the historical sense anyway. Our elders and ancestors had the wisdom to pass those down to us in...
by admin | Jul 6, 2021 | OPINIONS
By JONAH LOSSIAH One Feather Staff We live in one of the most beautiful places on Earth. Long walks by crystal clear creeks, jaunts up mountains, or a driveway on the parkway. It is rare to have this type of nature on your doorstep. That is why it is so...
by admin | Jun 28, 2021 | OPINIONS
By JORDAN OOCUMMA Wolftown Community When I was young, and admittedly that wasn’t very long ago, Cherokee was touted as a tourist destination, a family destination if you will. We had a few things to do for families here, though not many. We didn’t...
by admin | Jun 25, 2021 | OPINIONS
By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor Nomad: a member of a community without fixed habitation. Do you think the Qualla Boundary has nomads? Are they, by choice, homeless or does their life situation cause them to be so? The obvious answer is “yes”. We do...