COMMENTARY: Thoughts on Tsali Care Work Session

By DENISE L. BALLARD Tsisgwohi (Birdtown)   After reading Robert Jumper’s commentary: Irons in the fire, I feel the need to comment on the Tribal Council work session regarding Tsali Care Center. I attended the meeting on Aug. 8, and I appreciate Chief Hicks and...
CIPD Arrest Report for Aug. 12-18, 2024

CIPD Arrest Report for Aug. 12-18, 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...
OBITUARY: Diane McElreath Brown

OBITUARY: Diane McElreath Brown

Diane McElreath Brown, 78, entered heaven under the noonday sun, covered by the prayer of her #5 son, Daniel “Nunu” Brown, and her #3 son, Buzzy Brown, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024, in Tsisgwohi (Birdtown). She is dancing before the Lord with her father and mother,...

COMMENTARY: Irons in the fire

By ROBERT JUMPER Tutiyi (Snowbird) and Clyde, N.C.   Running a government providing services for 16,000 constituents must be a daunting task, to say the least. And to that the stress of administering a conjectured an approximate $300 million budget and you might...