COMMENTARY: How do I become Cherokee? 

  By SHANNON SWIMMER  PAINTTOWN COMMUNITY    This question often elicits eye rolls and sarcastic answers. But, what would happen if enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians started asking that question, in an earnest way, in an effort to be...

COMMENTARY: Welcome back off-Boundary media!

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   Today (Feb. 5) during Reports to Council, the Tribal Council seemed to come to an understanding concerning a year-long plus media “ban” of all media except for Cherokee One Feather staff in the Council Chambers during...