Isn’t it ironic how tribal leaders, and members alike, still seem to struggle with ideas of ways that would best benefit our Tribe when it comes to diversification of our business interest?

I am a student of government. I hate politics, but I gravitate to discussion of public issues, and one leads to the other.

The Cherokee people were a proud people. Known as one of the “civilized tribes”, we were known for our intelligence and industry.

I keep writing these things and they keep vanishing, volumes two and three have gotten lost in the ether of the internet and things that I wrote about then are old news now.

We are in great need of an overhaul of government protocol. I am not talking about the people who fill the seats of our elected posts.

We had dogs of our own, but we started to notice that there were a lot of stray dogs and dogs along roadsides that looked to be homeless and/or abandoned

There are 30 miles of fishable streams on the Qualla Boundary. Those streams have been here for as long as the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Water is not just a commodity to us. It is spiritual. It is a source of life. It is a resource for the continuation of the Tribe.

When it comes to crosswalk safety on the Boundary, the Tribe and Department of Transportation have made significant progress over years past.