Latest Opinions
COMMENTARY: Which public is the public?
We need to figure out, as a tribe, how we want to disseminate information to our community. As you know, there is an incredible amount of information that is relevant to our community discussed in the Tribal Council sessions.
SPEAKING OF FAITH: Sanctification
Opening my bible, I flip it and it just goes right where it’s supposed to. I don’t know how many times it opens to the right chapter and the right verse and just falls open in my hand.
COMMENTARY: The Cherokee people should say no to pot
Since 1996, Congress has shirked its responsibility to uphold the very laws it has passed regarding marijuana.
COMMENTARY: It’s time; the Principal People’s right to choose
During the controversy over the constitution, the forces opposing the people’s right to choose kept using the term “unintended consequences” to describe the alleged damage the proposed constitution as written would do to the workings of the government.
SPEAKING OF FAITH: We, who are His, are anointed for what the Lord has planned…
His Garment of Praise, which He gives to each believer, is best to use against any spirit of heaviness.
COMMENTARY: Turn your radio on.
The tribe needs a radio station. Many think that AM and FM radio are antiquated, a thing of the past that has outlived its purpose. In a world where information is increasingly a pay-to-access proposition, AM/FM radio broadcasts remain available to anyone with a receiver. In vehicles, it may be the only immediate access to emergency information there is.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: A view on climate change
I was watching the news and saw that my mother was being assaulted by the family. I am currently incarcerated, so it hurts tremendously and makes me cringe to see the abuse.
COMMENTARY: Acknowledgments for Tribal Election Debates
We just wrapped up the tribal election debates for 2023. I wish to thank all of the candidates who were able to attend and participate in the debates
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