In recent years, a number of us have been doing voter registration in Cherokee for county, state and national elections with more success in some years than others.   It is very important that Cherokees vote in these elections as what happens in the county, Raleigh and Washington directly impacts enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.  

From language to artifacts, we say that the preservation of our ancestry is a high priority. We say.

The Lord has placed in my heart for the year 2022 that this shall be a year of  soul-winning for this church.

The Lloyd Welch constitution came from our desire to be free. It was a constitution because we wanted not to be governed, but to govern. Why allow us to then, decades later, throw ourselves under a charter?

I’ve read comments several times over this past week alone where people state that federally recognized tribes must maintain their language or risk losing their federal recognition.  This is absolutely, unequivocally untrue. 

Why did we each need a Savior to be born?  Why was Jesus, The Son of God, born on earth as a little baby, and not as a grown man?

Earlier this month, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) announced they would be adding two new names to buildings on campus. They chose two trailblazers at the school. Hortense McClinton was the first Black professor at UNC. Henry Owl, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), was the first American Indian student to attend the university.

There have been good and bad days for the Cherokee press this year. While our Tribal Council and Executive Office have verbally supported the idea of transparency in government, everyone seems to have a different definition of the word “transparent”.