It is essential to the future of our Tribe that we make public access to communal documents as intuitive and expedient as possible.

I think it is a little ironic that Native American Heritage Month is the same month as Thanksgiving.

“Don’t tear your clothing in your grief but tear your hearts instead. 

The Tribe doesn’t provide extrapolated numbers for tourism revenue and impact.

  REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR CHEROKEE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH   “Turn to Acts 4:8-31, if you will.” “Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, ‘Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, ‘If we this day be examined of the good deed...

We continue to discuss what level of transparency is appropriate for our government. Clearly, there are things that we, the People, and we, the Government, agree should not be aired in public for the benefit of the Tribe.

It wasn’t that long ago that George W Bush and the Republicans made a big deal about Democrats wanting to withdraw our people from Iraq, he stated that “the party of FDR and Harry Truman has become the party of cut and run”.

“And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weaknesses.