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...
by admin | Jun 14, 2024 | OPINIONS
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. Aniwodihi (Painttown) CHEROKEE, N.C. – Last summer, my wife visited Ireland and one of the main things that stuck out with me from her trip was the idea of “Tidy Towns”; an idea I feel would work great here in Cherokee. Created...
by admin | Jun 12, 2024 | OPINIONS
By ROBERT JUMPER Tutiyi (Snowbird) and Clyde, N.C. It’s an ancient Chinese cultural norm, the kowtow. “A kowtow is the act of deep respect shown by prostration, that is, kneeling and bowing so low as to have one’s head touching the ground, as a sign of...
