by admin | Nov 8, 2024 | OPINIONS
By BROOKLYN BROWN Tsisqwohi (Birdtown) The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) Dinilawigi (Tribal Council) utilizes banishment to maintain law and order on the Qualla Boundary. Individuals convicted of crimes ranging from drug trafficking to assault can and...
by admin | Nov 1, 2024 | OPINIONS
By ROBERT JUMPER Tutiyi (Snowbird) and Clyde, N.C. I do not know about you, but I like to be in the know. Because of our “smart” phones, we can access a flood of information in a short time span. Much of what we see and hear, we must filter because along with...
by admin | Oct 30, 2024 | OPINIONS
Dear Editor, Something extraordinary happened on my property last Friday here in West Asheville. A good many members of the Cherokee Indian Police Department (CIPD) worked a few hours in my yard and a neighbor’s, helping us with the partial removal of the massive...
by admin | Oct 30, 2024 | OPINIONS
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. Aniwodihi (Painttown) CHEROKEE, N.C. – On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, veterans will be honored at an event on the Qualla Boundary (Cherokee, N.C.). At 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, the Steve Youngdeer American Legion...
by admin | Oct 29, 2024 | OPINIONS
This is in response to the article published on Oct. 6 entitled “Deputy Chief Warner visits NMAI for unveil of display of Treaty of 1828. “ (www.easterntimesregister.com) The Treaty of 1828 did mark what is now the Cherokee Reservation, a treaty signed between the...
by admin | Oct 28, 2024 | OPINIONS
By Lamont H. Fuchs, Ed.D. (Lamont Fuchs is the author of “Preacher Spurs”, Christian Faith Publishing, Meadville, Pa., 2022) What drives you to do what you do? Let’s begin with a few questions, and you will soon figure out where this Spur is headed. Do you...
