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COMMENTARY: Zoo or sanctuary?
You only have to look at the reactions of both locals and tourists when wildlife breaks through the trees and underbrush and makes a public appearance to know that a nature habitat or wildlife park would be a no-brainer economic development idea.
COMMENTARY: A message from the president of USET
By KIRK FRANCIS USET President Note: The following is a transcript of a video speech delivered by Kirk Francis, USET (United South and Eastern Tribes) president during the USET SPF Impact Meeting in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Feb. 6. On behalf...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Tribal members should be equal on tax issue
Regarding the bill that says that the tribal members living in the five surrounding counties not paying North Carolina taxes.
SPEAKING OF FAITH: God has the plan…
Every mountain has more than one side. God had sent instruction to the ram, as to when it should begin its three days’ journey and climb a particular mountain by a specific time. In the meantime,
COMMENTARY: Blind faith
There are those of you in the community who routinely submit accountability legislation. There are some of you who take a public stand that doesn’t necessarily line up with the status quo. You view your voice being heard a sacred right, not a privilege to be held and withheld by governments.
SPEAKING OF FAITH: How can they find each other?
By REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR (Transcribed by Myra D. Colgate) Cherokee Pentecostal Holiness Church Read: Genesis 22:1-19; Genesis 15:4; Isaiah 49:9-10; Hebrews 11:8-19 Continuation… “God is about to do something.” In verse 9, they finally got to the place...
COMMENTARY: Faded and dilapidated
Forward thinking. Progressive. Powerful. Great. Wise. Caring. Proud. Prosperous. All words used by one person or another to describe the people and lands of the Qualla Boundary. And, in many ways, we reflect all those words.
COMMENTARY: Don’t leave it to your loved ones.
Every so often we have a week or two where the volume of obituaries we receive from our community and readership increases significantly.
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