COMMENTARY: Wow, that sure is a nice porch

  By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   We are painfully aware of our appearance. Well, most of us are. Okay, some of us are. Our appearance makes a statement about us. Many of us take a significant portion of our day washing, shaving, combing, deodorizing,...

SPEAKING OF FAITH: The Old Life and the New…

  By TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR (Transcribed by Myra Colgate) Cherokee Pentecostal Holiness Church   Read Ephesians 4: 8-32 From now on, we are on our journey to Heaven.  On this journey we must compare ourselves only to Jesus, not to others around us, so we...

COMMENTARY: Excuse me, are you sitting in my seat?

  By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   Yes. Tis the season when I nag you about voting. You do realize that there is a tribal primary going on, right? And three of the six communities have enough candidates to participate in the primary. My community only...

COMMENTARY: Please continue to take it outside

  By ANGELA LEWIS   The Center of Disease Control changed the guidelines on Thursday, May 14 for wearing masks indoors to say that fully vaccinated individuals no longer have to wear masks indoors in most places. Rumors immediately began circulating...

COMMENTARY: Respect our language.  Respect our elders.

  Per ANIKANOHESGI.com “A platform for contemporary Native American Writers to share their thoughts and ideas”   As I look at the various issues at hand regarding language revitalization among the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), the sense of dread...