COMMENTARY: Beef up their staff and equipment

By ROBERT JUMPER Tutiyi (Snowbird) and Clyde, N.C.   At the risk of beating a dead horse, we have got to do something about our traffic, both vehicular and pedestrian. The way I see it, most of our worries come from a lack of both manpower and technology. Just...
COMMENTARY: Pride for Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+ Community

COMMENTARY: Pride for Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+ Community

Submitted by STRONGHEARTS NATIVE HELPLINE   EAGAN, Minn. – During June, Pride Month celebrates the 2SLGBTQ+ community’s achievements and advocates for equal rights and community acceptance. It’s also a time to remember a people known as “Two-Spirits,” who...
COMMENTARY: Voices

COMMENTARY: Voices

By BROOKLYN BROWN Tsisgwohi (Birdtown)   In activism, you often hear the term “voice.” You hear the saying, “give a voice to the voiceless.” What is a voice? What does it mean to lend a voice? Ecclesiastes 3:7 says there is “a time to keep silence, and a time to...
COMMENTARY: Approving adult-use cannabis is common sense

COMMENTARY: Approving adult-use cannabis is common sense

By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. Aniwodihi (Painttown)   Cannabis has been debated by the tribal government of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) for going on a decade now.  EBCI voters voted overwhelmingly for a referendum in September 2023 approving adult-use...