SPEAKING OF FAITH: He has already equipped each one

  By TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR (Transcribed by Myra D. Colgate) Cherokee Pentecostal Holiness Church   When you say, “I’m little.  I don’t know enough.  I don’t know a lot.”  With your permission, God can still use what He has already given you.  Choosing to...

COMMENTARY: Tiptoeing through banishments

  By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   During Budget Council on Feb. 1, Tribal Council engaged in a discussion of banishment law. They talked about how hard it would be to banish a tribal member because, in our Cherokee Code, it has been made clear that any...

COMMENTARY: Selling our culture

  By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   Cultural appropriation. From the tomahawk chop to the Jeep Cherokee to car dealership, cigar shop style Indian statues towering over a heavily trafficked road, it is interwoven into American society. Some Indigenous...