Sometimes these days, with the swirl, and crime, of the Olympics, the running joke that is called NFL Pre-season, exorbitant contracts for professional athletes, white collar crime on the Rez and the mud, knife, gun fighting that is American politics, an old saying comes to mind.

Less than a month to go and we will be celebrating a century’s old tradition.

The Qualla Boundary has been a tourist attraction since before the 1950s when it became our primary source of income. Our land and people have been the object of curiosity seekers for decades, even as much as a century.

As a member of the Tribe and part owner of those casinos, I’m not proud that the workers are paid so little.

Media bias…in national and regional media, the practice of providing commentary as news has become an everyday occurrence.

As time progresses, it will be more and more difficult to define ourselves by blood quantum.

…when it comes to our elected officials and the disagreements become so personal and heated that focus on the needs of the community are lost to personal battles, it is the community that suffers.

Technology is amazing! We live in an age where we don’t have to communicate with people.