COMMENTARY: Economic Diversification – Are we there yet?
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR We have been saying it for years. The Tribe needs to diversify. For years, for decades, we have talked about how much we need to diversify. Until the casino arrived, we were like many other Indian nations, drawing in a relatively meager revenue from tourism taxation and heavily dependent on grants More...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Questions rationale behind being a sovereign nation
I read the piece on the Constitution preamble. Nice prose. Yet, is the constitution what should be foremost at this moment in our tribal life? I read a comment awhile back from Morgan Freeman. To paraphrase More...
SPEAKING OF FAITH: “Ready or Not, Here I Come,” Jesus said.
By REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR CHEROKEE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH Read John 15:15-19 Jesus has told us that the Authority for the healing of others, has already been given to each believer. More...
COMMENTARY: I got shot last week
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR I was able to get the COVID-19 vaccine shot last week. I am in the 60-plus age group, so based on the flyers being put out by the Cherokee Indian Hospital and More...
SPEAKING OF FAITH: Jehovah T’sidkenu, meaning,‘The God of My Righteousness’
By TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR CHEROKEE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH Read John 3:16-21, and Romans 5:8 This week, we are looking forward to a better understanding of The Name, ‘Jehovah T’sidkenu’, More...
COMMENTARY: Beware of men in suits
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR Speaking with many of our traditionalists and elders, you may certainly understand why many Natives are wary of those wearing suits. It is a hold over from the More...
COMMENTARY: Read the Preamble for the proposed EBCI Constitution
By CARMALETA MONTEITH On behalf of the EBCI Constitution Committee The Constitution Committee for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Inc. (ECBI) will submit sections of the draft Constitution More...
COMMENTARY: To own or not to own…
By WILLIAM LEDFORD Observations and random thoughts. It’s been a turbulent couple of weeks in our country. We have a new President of the United States who has been officially inaugurated More...
SPEAKING OF FAITH: The choice is of and by the people
REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR CHEROKEE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH Read Isaiah 45:1-25 (God’s Declaration of His Anointing of Cyrus, Concerning Israel) “Why do the heathen rage?” (is asked More...
COMMENTARY: In no uncertain terms
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR Sometimes out of sight is truly out of mind. This certainly seems to be the case with the push to establish or re-establish an Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians More...