COMMENTARY: That would never happen here 

by | Feb 24, 2021 | OPINIONS

  By ANGELA LEWIS    If you have seen or listened to the news last week then you are aware of the devastation that a winter storm brought to Texas and many southern states. Millions lost power and have no access to supplies such as food and water. Thirty-six...

COMMENTARY: Variants and mutations….

by | Feb 23, 2021 | OPINIONS

  By WILLIAM LEDFORD    As you may have heard, Senator Ted Cruz showed his constituents in Texas how he really, really cares for them when he, and family, and others, bolted for Cancun, Mexico during the polar vortex weather event that shut down the Texas...

EDITORIAL: COVID response from EBCI should be praised 

by | Feb 22, 2021 | OPINIONS

  ONE FEATHER EDITORIAL BOARD    There has been much said in America about the federal, state, and municipal rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. The reviews from various communities have been mixed. Many feel that somewhere in the supply chain of the vaccine,...

COMMENTARY: Give Cherokee a makeover

by | Feb 22, 2021 | OPINIONS

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   We love our home. The Qualla Boundary is one of the most beautiful parcels of land in the world. More importantly, it is our home. A remnant of Cherokee people hid in the mountains of western North Carolina until a...

SPEAKING OF FAITH: ‘Church’s Marching Orders’ Given

by | Feb 19, 2021 | OPINIONS

  By REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR  CHEROKEE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH    Read Ephesians 4:1-9; Matthew 28:18-20 We’re told by Paul that while in prison he was still able to serve the Lord.  By his choosing to witness of all Jesus had accomplished, he...

COMMENTARY: What we were before

by | Feb 15, 2021 | OPINIONS

  By ROBERT JUMPER  ONE FEATHER EDITOR    We must try, as a tribal community, to care for what we have. It is not acceptable to sit back and expect that our elected officials will handle all that we need done. They are representatives of us, the people. If...