A viral YouTube video sparking outrage showed privileged private school kids taunting an elder native activist, Nathan Phillips, with one kid smirking in his face.

Next month, filing for tribally-elected seats will begin and end. The window for registering for the primary election is March 1 through March 15.

President Donald Trump is the worst president this country has ever seen.  His antics make Gerald Ford look non-clumsy and well put-together. 

The recent government shutdown accomplished very little and showed the American citizens just how divisive and tribal we have become. 

It’s a new year! 2019! And nothing has changed in Washington. No, I retract that.

We, as a people, must engage more. We must insist on transparency in our dealings with each other and with the government.

My daughter was in the second grade when the deadline passed for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to have a Tribal Archives facility constructed.  She is now a freshman at the University of Iowa and the facility is still in the planning stage. 

My name is Angela Lambert Gunter.  I am a member of the Birdtown Community, and I am the proud mother of four children, two step children, and 11 grandchildren.