SPEAKING OF FAITH: Be healed and made whole…

by | Oct 29, 2021 | OPINIONS

  By TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR (Transcribed by Myra D. Colgate)           Cherokee Pentecostal Holiness Church   Read Mark 6:45, 53-56. We should not be afraid of any virus when Jesus resides within our hearts. God is still God. He is to be everything to us....

COMMENTARY: Longer terms would mean better governance.

by | Oct 29, 2021 | OPINIONS

  By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   I know. I get the immediate negative response when I bring up making Tribal Council seats four years instead of two. There are some in our community that believe that they will remove someone from office quickly if...

StrongHearts addresses Native American Heritage Month   

by | Oct 29, 2021 | OPINIONS

  By StrongHearts Native Helpline   In November, National Native American Heritage Month raises awareness about our history, our present-day struggles and our hope for the future. The histories of Native peoples should never be forgotten and that’s why it’s vital...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Thanks to School Board members  

by | Oct 27, 2021 | OPINIONS

  If you have watched or read the news in recent months, you know what is happening at some school board meetings across the country.  The harassment and threats on the lives of school board members in various places is very distressing.  Thankfully, we have been...

COMMENTARY: What are we going to do?

by | Oct 23, 2021 | OPINIONS

  By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   As we conclude Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we want to talk about a subject that most folks are either repulsed by or don’t want to think about at all – the abusers, the perpetrators of domestic violence....

COMMENTARY: Kids pay the price

by | Oct 19, 2021 | OPINIONS

  By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   “They cry in the dark so you can’t see their tears. They hide in the light, so you can’t see their fears. Forgive and forget, all the while, love and pain become one and the same in the eyes of a wounded child. “It’s...