COMMENTARY: Life is fleeting

  By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   As I was reading over the information of the tragic loss of a young woman on the Oconaluftee yesterday (Feb. 24), I was reminded how very fragile life is. This lady from Ohio, reported age 34, lost her life while...

COMMENTARY: Menagerie

  By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   Those of us who daily have the privilege to live in the mountains take for granted the incredible display of nature’s beauty that is routinely available to enjoy. There are those who live not so far away who don’t have...

COMMENTARY: New Cherokee Blood

  By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   During the February session of Tribal Council, the Council decided that the language of the resolution proposed to ask the people to decide on extended terms, term limits and staggered terms was tabled, after being...