COMMENTARY: Speech Boundaries
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR You would be hard-pressed to find a group of individuals who are more dedicated to free speech than the staff of the Cherokee One Feather. We are in the information dissemination business. Editor after editor, journalist after journalist have had the philosophy of making sure the newspaper reflects More...
SPEAKING OF FAITH: Come with great expectations
By REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR CHEROKEE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH As Pastor Melton began, “The problem with the Church in today’s world is we seem to be coming to see only the dead pews. More...
COMMENTARY: Getting in the Zone
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR Zoning has been a dirty word in Cherokee for as long as I can remember. In a discussion during one of my early days in working with the Eastern Band of Cherokee More...
COMMENTARY: Pick a side
By JOSH HOLLOWAY Well, the time is finally up on us. If you haven’t already done so, then it is time to pick a side. Since there won’t be any political reconciliation or national unity any More...
SPEAKING OF FAITH: Build your faith
By REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR CHEROKEE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH “I’ve noticed of late, that many more folks seem to be going through some things. There are issues which have run them More...
COMMENTARY: Chief Sneed responds to political pandering regarding Lumbee Recognition Act
By PRINCIPAL CHIEF RICHARD G. SNEED Tis the season when politicians of all stripes make desperate promises to get votes, but the pandering has reached new levels with the embrace of legislation to More...
COMMENTARY: Herd mentality and hive mind…
Observations and random thoughts By WILLIAM LEDFORD The light at the end of a long, long, long tunnel is there! I can see it faintly now but I can definitely see it! On Tuesday, Nov. 3, two weeks away, More...
COMMENTARY: Tillis should refuse to confirm Trump’s Supreme Court nominee
By TERRI HENRY When President Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) did an about-face on his past policy to deny consideration More...
COMMENTARY: Last Chance
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR We are coming down to the end of October. Things are winding down. Many thought we would be seeing life return to “normal” by now, but we are fast realizing More...
COMMENTARY: Don’t let someone die
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR I was reading The Mountaineer, the Haywood County-based newspaper this weekend. The headline for the paper was titled, “Man indicted in 2019 infant homicide”. More...