Our bodies are approximately 55% to 75% water weight. Children have an even higher percentage. Individuals may vary in the amount of water that makes up their bodies, and all of us need to be keeping ...

Four years ago, the Durbin Feeling Language Preservation Act launched Cherokee Nation on a historic journey to preserving and perpetuating the Cherokee language. Language has always been essential to ...

ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN OR AREN’T YOU!? GOD KNOWS YOU/US/ME BETTER THAN WE KNOW OURSELVES! YOU CAN’T FOOL GOD! Hebrews 3:1-19 1Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apo...

I’ve been looking forward to Thursday night’s Poteau-Sallisaw football game, and not just because of its importance for both teams. As most of you know, I replaced the retiring Lea Lessley by coming f...

Only as individuals can we say when something is to begin and when it is to end. This is called “freedom of choice.” It is a very personal decision that no matter how much advice we have and how much ...

JESUS CHRIST IS REACHING OUT TO GET YOUR/MY/OUR ATTENTION! WHAT DOES IT, OR WHAT WILL REACH YOUR/MY/OUR HEART? ONE OF THE MOST DASTARDLY PEOPLE WHO WAS GOING TO AND FRO TO DESTROY CHRISTIANS, OR “THE ...

The Cherokee Nation is blessed to include hundreds of thousands of individuals with great talents, potential and goals for their future. Our strength as a tribe is built on supporting each other to ac...

Hello and welcome again to our news. We have been so busy these past few weeks practicing for the Senior Olympics that are currently on hold. We hope they will happen very soon, as we have an amazing ...

It is every bit possible that we can learn something new every day. There is no excuse for anyone being bored. Dag Hammerskjold asked us, “Is life so wretched? Isn’t it rather your hands are too small...

October is more than ghosts, goblins and trickor- treating – it is also Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This disease affects one in eight women in the United States every year and 2.3 million women wor...

Football and food safety football season is finally here! As we all begin to prepare our veggie trays and wings, a critical part of keeping everyone enjoying the game is practicing food safety when pr...

What exactly does a legislator do? The state Legislature is composed of both state senators and state representatives. I have been privileged to serve as a state representative for the past 5 years, w...

As Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, I highly value the many partners ready to work with us in Oklahoma, both tribal citizens and non-tribal. Although a few have tried to destroy tribal sovereig...

HAVE YOU EVER HAD A THORN IN THE FLESH! I DID, BUT I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE! MY THORN WAS A LITERAL THORN! MY FOLKS TOOK ME TO A PARK ALONG THE ARKANSAS RIVER WHEN WE LIVED IN KANSAS! I WAS WALKING BAREFO...

abandoned backstreet bed downtown mattress no place to sleep do better people An abandoned queen mattress rests next to a dumpster it was too large for in the alley between Oak Street and Wheeler Aven...

Now is the time for temperatures to start cooling and trees to change to gorgeous colors. Children begin boarding yellow school buses and coming home with papers they have drawn on for Mom. Evening wa...

Monday, eleven ladies weighed in. We had a net loss of 2.1 pounds and Brenda had the best weight loss of 3.1 pounds. Our chapter challenge is to write down what we eat. Our Two Bit Bowl winner was Mar...

Rep. Jim Olsen, R-Roland, has released a statement following the shooting at the Oklahoma State Fair, and advocates to allow Oklahomans to protect themselves by open carry. "'The tragic shooting this ...

Cherokee leaders throughout history have known that informed citizens are the backbone of our thriving democracy. Well-executed journalism strengthens tribal sovereignty and self-determination by ensu...

HAVE YOU EVER FALLEN ASLEEP BEFORE YOU FINISHED YOUR PRAYERS?! I’VE DONE IT MORE TIMES THAN I CAN COUNT! GOD IS SO WONDERFUL HE GAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT AND HE FINISHES THE PRAYERS! HOW AWESOME IS THAT?! ...