COMMENTARY: Resilience is exhausting

by | Jul 22, 2024 | OPINIONS

By BROOKLYN BROWN Tsisqwohi (Birdtown)   For centuries, Native peoples have been defying expectations – we have termed this: resilience. At the onset of colonization, we were characterized as unintelligent, uncivilized savages. Recently, Dr. Brett Riggs and...

SPEAKING OF FAITH: Walk like a man (Part 1 of 2)

by | Jul 22, 2024 | OPINIONS

By Lamont H. Fuchs, Ed.D. (excerpt from “Preacher Spurs”, Christian Faith Publishing, Meadville, Pa., 2022)   Joshua 1, God tells his people that the land He promised is directly in front of them, but they needed the courage to take it. As New...

COMMENTARY: Don’t let your intelligence be artificial

by | Jul 18, 2024 | OPINIONS

By ROBERT JUMPER Tutiyi/Clyde, N.C.          I sometimes wonder if we need anything else to make us think less. As my mind begins to age, it takes longer to pull up information from my noggin than it used to and sometimes, I can’t find it at all. Speaking of...

COMMENTARY: Ama

by | Jul 12, 2024 | OPINIONS

By ROBERT JUMPER Tutiyi (Snowbird) and Clyde, N.C.   “The old Cherokees would wade waist deep just after daybreak and throw the water over their heads and say, ‘Wash away anything that may hinder me from being closer to you, God.’ And then they would add their...

SPEAKING OF FAITH: What’s an hour?

by | Jul 11, 2024 | OPINIONS

By Lamont H. Fuchs, Ed. D., excerpt from “Preacher Spurs”, Christian Faith Publishers, 2022   Bible references: Mark 14:27, 41; John 12:23, 27, John 17:1, Matthew 6:27, 27:45-46, 1 Corinthians 15:30, 1 John 2:18, Luke 12:11-12, Revelation 3:10. Can I...