COMMENTARY: Is it public or is it not?

by | Jan 4, 2021 | OPINIONS

  By ROBERT JUMPER  ONE FEATHER EDITOR    The times they are a changing. There was a recent discussion by Tribal Council that took place regarding the efforts to approve tribal dollars of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians for use in the purchase of a...

COMMENTARY: Tantrum or fighting back…

by | Jan 2, 2021 | OPINIONS

  Observations and random thoughts.    By WILLIAM LEDFORD    How would you folks at home feel if we had a tribal election and the obvious loser of that election went off on Twitter, and everywhere else, claiming that he won and whining that the election...

COMMENTARY: Why I’ll be taking the COVID-19 vaccine

by | Dec 14, 2020 | OPINIONS

  By JONAH LOSSIAH ONE FEATHER STAFF    I understand the trepidation. I really do.  If you asked me a few weeks ago whether I’d take the vaccine, I would probably say ‘yes, but not right now’. Well, we sit maybe just a few weeks away from our first public...

SPEAKING OF FAITH: Fighting ‘Giants’ and winning

by | Dec 11, 2020 | OPINIONS

  By REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR  CHEROKEE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH    Read 1 Samuel 17:1-58 for the whole story of the battle David fought with Goliath.  Memorize David’s fighting words, a 17-year-old, to his ‘giant’ in verses 45-48a (and it came to...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Thanks to election volunteers

by | Dec 8, 2020 | OPINIONS

  With the most contentious Presidential election in modern American history coming to a close, there is enough finger-pointing going on to satisfy even the most cynical.  Sadly, that means that a great deal of good work is going unnoticed.  Now is the time to...

COMMENTARY: Who has your ear?

by | Dec 4, 2020 | OPINIONS

  By ROBERT JUMPER  ONE FEATHER EDITOR    There is no lack of advice and “expert” direction when it comes to COVID-19. Many of us are on information overload with aily pounding from the experts and those who believe they are experts. Our social media page...