COMMENTARY: A safe place to sleep
By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor Nomad: a member of a community without fixed habitation. Do you think the Qualla Boundary has nomads? Are they, by choice, homeless or does their life situation cause them to be so? The obvious answer is “yes”. We do have homelessness on the Boundary and there are those who are both forced into homelessness More...
SPEAKING OF FAITH: God has our hand
By REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR (Transcribed by Myra Colgate) Cherokee Pentecostal Holiness Church Read Psalm 37:23-33. Ephesians 2:10. Jeremiah 33:3-11 We must connect to what Jesus is doing and More...
COMMENTARY: How about them dawgs…and cats?
By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor As a Tribe, we continue to struggle with pet care. Individually, we love ‘em. Most of the responses we get when we inquire about the thoughts of the public are More...
SPEAKING OF FAITH: Principles to choose to live by
By TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR (Transcribed by Myra Colgate) Cherokee Pentecostal Holiness Church Read Proverbs 4:20-27 As the Church gets older it slows down. We all get out of life what we put into More...
COMMENTARY: Crystal ball
By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor I have often said over the years that when the young voters in Cherokee decide to step up to the plate regarding voting, effectual change will occur. I am not talking More...
SPEAKING OF FAITH: The perfecting of our faith
By REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR (Transcribed by Myra Colgate) Cherokee Pentecostal Holiness Church Read 1 Thessalonians 3:7-13. “My job is to perfect our faith, added Pastor Melton. “Keep More...
COMMENTARY: My experience with gaslighting
By DIANE PAVLAT StrongHearts Native Helpline I was pregnant with our first child when I drove him to the doctor’s office. He said that he broke his ankle when he jumped down from the back of his More...
COMMENTARY: Supports smoking ban for Cherokee casinos
By LAVITA HILL Big Cove Community In May, a group of enrolled EBCI (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) members submitted an ordinance change to Tribal Council which will ban smoking on the gaming More...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Toys for Tots coordinator seeking building use donation
I am the Toys For Tots (TFT) coordinator for Macon, Jackson, Swain counties in North Carolina and Rabun, Ga. We have been blessed over the last 15 years to have a building that fit our needs. Last year, we More...
COMMENTARY: A pat on the back
By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor It is productive and right to give pats on the back to those who we think have done us a good deed. By all means, community members and workers who contribute to More...