COMMENTARY: We need to be more like Dave.

By ROBERT JUMPER Tutiyi (Snowbird) and Clyde, N.C.   Dave Russell is my counterpart at The Sylva Herald and Ruralite. We have a dandy working relationship with the Herald and it sounds like he and I share some commonalities when it comes to managing and...
74 years of “Unto These Hills”

74 years of “Unto These Hills”

By BROOKLYN BROWN One Feather Reporter   CHEROKEE, N.C. – The “Unto These Hills” outdoor drama is celebrating 74 years. In their 74th anniversary season, the Cherokee Historical Association (CHA) iconic show and amphitheater boasts maintenance...

COMMENTARY – MMIW Profile: The Trail of Tears

By BROOKLYN BROWN Tsisgwohi (Birdtown)   The 2024 Remember the Removal (RTR) riders just concluded their 950-mile trek from New Echota, Georgia, to Tahlequah, Okla., tracing the northern route of the Indian Removal, also known as the Trail of Tears. Riders from...
CIPD Arrest Report for June 17-23, 2024

CIPD Arrest Report for June 17-23, 2024

The following people were arrested by the Cherokee Indian Police Department and booked into the Anthony Edward Lossiah Justice Center. It should be noted that the following defendants have only been charged with the crimes listed and should be presumed innocent until...

SPEAKING OF FAITH: Works

By Lamont H. Fuchs, Ed. D., excerpt from “Preacher Spurs”, Christian Faith Publishers, 2022   Scripture References: James 2:16, 5:16, 1 John 1:9, 1 Peter 4:8, 1 Corinthians 15:58 Let’s get this ‘works’ issue out of the way. If you...