by admin | Jun 26, 2024 | OPINIONS
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. Aniwodihi (Painttown) CHEROKEE, N.C. – Several years ago, the One Feather started a weekly informational graphic we call the Tsalagi Minute. I think it would be neat to see Tsalagi Minute signs made, featuring some of these graphics, that...
by admin | Jun 25, 2024 | OPINIONS
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...
by admin | Jun 25, 2024 | OPINIONS
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...
by admin | Jun 24, 2024 | OPINIONS
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...
by admin | Jun 20, 2024 | OPINIONS
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. Aniwodihi (Painttown) I’m a huge nerd and a fan of puns so I love the Cherokee word for squirrel – saloli. One of my favorite dad jokes is, “How does a squirrel cross the road? Saloli”. Now, we know squirrels don’t...
by admin | Jun 19, 2024 | OPINIONS
By ROBERT JUMPER Tutiyi (Snowbird) and Clyde, N.C. Reactionary anything is a gamble. Reactionary governance is dangerous. You and I, as tribal members, have given lip service to the development of a constitution for decades. The most recent effort was six years...
