COMMENTARY: Blue Ridge Honor Flight supports, honors veterans
By JONAH LOSSIAH ONE FEATHER STAFF On Saturday, Sept. 21, I am being honored with the opportunity to participate in the Blue Ridge Honor Flight. For those that don’t know, the Honor Flight is an event held to support and respect military veterans of this area. The trip consists of flying to Washington, D.C. out of Asheville for a More...
COMMENTARY: Sitting idly by
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR You have little in personal rights under the Charter and Governing Document of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, except for the right to vote. And, even that More...
SPEAKING OF FAITH: Jesus mourns over Jerusalem
By MYRA D. COLGATE CHEROKEE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH Jesus mourned: “Jerusalem! Jerusalem! Murderer of prophets! Killer of the ones who brought you God’s news! How often I’ve ached to More...
SPEAKING OF FAITH: The Parable of the Ten Virgins
By MYRA D. COLGATE CHEROKEE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH “God’s kingdom is like ten young virgins who took oil lamps and went out to greet the bridegroom. Five were silly and five were smart. More...
COMMENTARY: Totally committed, sort of
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR We are a Tribe of silos. Try as we might, we cannot seem to get out to the habit of stopping short if a project requires overlap in scopes of work. I know I More...
SPEAKING OF FAITH: In the Garden of Gethsemane…
By MYRA D. COLGATE CHEROKEE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH “Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to the disciples, ‘Sit here while I go over there to pray.’ “He More...
COMMENTARY: It takes a village and a dedicated staff
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR Every evening of the tribal candidate debates, I gave thanks for the support of Jae Winchester from Cherokee Central Schools, who, along with her staff, maintained More...
SPEAKING OF FAITH: Inheritance – Who has the good, perfect answers?
MYRA D. COLGATE CHEROKEE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH “Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said, ‘Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask.’ “He said to them, More...
COMMENTARY: Apparent transparency
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATEHER EDITOR I was fascinated by the responses of the candidates in the debate series, particularly regarding transparency. To hear the candidates, one would think all is well, More...
COMMENTARY: The woes of voter participation in EBCI elections
By JONAH LOSSIAH ONE FEATHER STAFF Let’s talk about EBCI voter turnout. After looking over the results of the 2019 primary election, I can’t help but feel somewhat discouraged by us as a Cherokee More...