COMMENTARY: We all need accountability

COMMENTARY: We all need accountability

By ROBERT JUMPER Tutiyi (Snowbird) and Clyde, N.C.   Being responsible for someone or something is never an easy chore. Ask any parent. If you truly take on the duty to raise a young one right, it will be a physically and mentally taxing endeavor. On top of...
SPEAKING OF FAITH: The Devil made me do it (Part 2 of 2)

SPEAKING OF FAITH: The Devil made me do it (Part 2 of 2)

By Lamont H. Fuchs, Ed.D. (excerpt from “Preacher Spurs”, Christian Faith Publishing, Meadville, Pa., 2022)   Scripture References: 1 Corinthians 10:13, Hebrews 4:15, James 1:12 He’s right about Jesus never being addicted physically to addictive drugs or...
COMMENTARY: We all need accountability

COMMENTARY: A year of caring

By ROBERT JUMPER Tutiyi (Snowbird) and Clyde, N.C.   Several times a year, we are enlisted, or solicited, to do volunteer work for our community. Community work is noble work indeed and should be done. But the way many of us do it and what we call volunteering is...
SPEAKING OF FAITH: The Devil made me do it (Part 2 of 2)

SPEAKING OF FAITH: The devil made me do it. (Part 1 of 2

By Lamont H. Fuchs, Ed.D. (excerpt from “Preacher Spurs”, Christian Faith Publishing, Meadville, Pa., 2022)   Scripture References: 1 Corinthians 10:13, Hebrews 4:15, James 1:12 The title is far from being original.  Flip Wilson, a well-known comedian, made the...
COMMENTARY: Don’t shorten the primary process

COMMENTARY: Don’t shorten the primary process

By ROBERT JUMPER Tutiyi (Snowbird) and Clyde, N.C.   There is a tabled ordinance (proposed ordinance 52) scheduled for a vote of the Dinilawigi (Tribal Council) on Thursday, Sept. 5. This ordinance, according to the Election Board of the Eastern Band of Cherokee...