Conveying the news is a sacred trust. That is why, over the course of over a decade as editor of the Cherokee One Feather, I have focused my journalistic role to be one of gatekeeping.

When pursuing healthy living habits people often find themselves between a rock and a hard place.  Many of the prescriptions and suggested cures come with lengthy laundry lists of warnings and possible contradictions.  Every pharmaceutical TV advertisement ends with a rushed litany of reported side effects.  Sometimes the possible cures or prescriptives seem worse than the ailments! 

Are we too stupid to know? A former tribal official stated in a leadership meeting that we would just be too confused by getting information on our projects and finances, so it is better to let the government handle it without community involvement.