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EDITORIAL: Come together, right now. Gadugi-The Heartbeat of our Tribe.
The Cherokee Fall Fair celebrates Cherokee culture every year during the first full week in October and has delighted visitors and hometown folks alike since 1914.
COMMENTARY: It’s past time to listen to women
Not only do men, all men, need to stop behaving in ways that degrade women, when women do bring up allegations, we all need to listen.
EDITORIAL: Let that be your last silo.
Silo may also mean to “isolate (one’s system, process, department, etc.) from others”. A department, program, or even an individual may create a silo for their expertise, resources.
COMMENTARY: Chief Sneed responds to Post article about Lumbees
The Washington Post Magazine article, “What Makes Someone Native American? One tribe’s long struggle for full recognition”, misrepresents the views of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians on Lumbee claims of being a tribal nation with indigenous members.
LETTER: Suggestion for syringe issue
We all agree there are used syringes out in the community, and we are getting kiosks.
EDITORIAL: The people take a step forward
It was a good day in Tribal Council yesterday (Thursday, Sept. 6) for the press and the people. Your right to free speech was endorsed by your legislature in the form of substantive changes to the Cherokee Code regarding the Cherokee One Feather and the Free Press Act.
COMMENTARY: Keep the information flowing
Tribal Code defines what is and isn’t public information. The purpose of the law is important.
COMMENTARY: Trump and Metamucil…
In the world of politics, John McCain was head and shoulders above the sort of swamp dweller that now haunts the hallways of the Senate and House of Representatives.
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