COMMENTARY: You are banished…or are you?

COMMENTARY: You are banished…or are you?

by | Aug 6, 2022 | OPINIONS

By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   “The Tribe hereby declares that the power to exclude is an inherent and essential part of Tribal sovereignty. It is indispensable to the Tribe’s autonomy and self-governance. Further, it is a natural right of the members of...
COMMENTARY: Trauma resilience key to advocacy

COMMENTARY: Trauma resilience key to advocacy

by | Aug 4, 2022 | OPINIONS

By StrongHearts Native Helpline   How Advocates Help In the field of domestic and sexual violence, an advocate’s work bridges the gap between a victim-survivor and service providers. They help their contacts recognize abuse, assess the risk of danger and to plan...

SPEAKING OF FAITH: This world is not the same…

by | Jul 30, 2022 | OPINIONS

By TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR (Transcribed by Myra D. Colgate) Cherokee Pentecostal Holiness Church   Read 2 Thessalonians 2:7-8 How many of us have realized this world we live in is not the same world in which we grew up?  If a person is real young, they might...
COMMENTARY: You are banished…or are you?

COMMENTARY: Is exclusion applied equally under law?

by | Jul 29, 2022 | OPINIONS

By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   A powerful tribal law and sovereign right of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians (EBCI) is that of exclusion, more commonly referred to as banishment. More forceful than simple trespassing, an exclusion may include the...
COMMENTARY: Seeing Red      

COMMENTARY: Seeing Red      

by | Jul 22, 2022 | OPINIONS

By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   How have you been? Have you avoided getting COVID-19? If you haven’t, did you recover? Do you have lasting effects? Was your encounter with the virus life-threatening or more like a cold or flu? The Eastern Band of Cherokee...