The Cherokee word “gadugi” is so ubiquitous in our culture that everyone, even if they’re not fluent in the Cherokee language, knows what it means: to work together as a community for the good of us a...

No disease is 100% preventable, and cancer is no exception. Nearly 2 million people in the United States are diagnosed with cancer each year. Research shows that four out of 10 types of cancer are att...

Mama-cat gave birth to four babies this week. I haven’t seen them yet but I can tell by seeing where they nurse and I am looking forward to welcoming them soon. I have hopes that there will be a gray ...

Monday, we had fifteen TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) and one KOPS (Keep Off Pounds Sensibly) in attendance. We had a net loss of 5.7 pounds this week. Way to go members!! Brenda H had the best weigh...

We are in the midst of the largest period of housing investment in the history of the Cherokee Nation. If we think of our housing challenges as public health challenges, we can go even further. Our ma...

The Sallisaw Black Diamonds and the Vian Wolverines are the two local baseball teams spending Spring Break Week in tournaments. The Black Diamonds are halfway through their four-day, four-game stay in...

DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE TWO GENEALOGIES IN THE BIBLE OF MARY AND JOSEPH? BOTH GO TO DAVID’S LINAGE WHICH COME DOWN TO JESUS CHRIST’S PROMISE OF GOD TO DAVID’S THRONE TO LAST FOREVER! 2 Samuel 7:16-17 a...

Never quit - even though it seems easier. Keep going. To all outward appearances, it may seem we are down to stay, but we do not walk by sight, we walk by faith. Self pity is a high-priced emotion tha...

Well, I did it! That 10 pounds of smoked ham that I brought back from Chicago in my suitcase from Thanksgiving, it finally went into a pot of beans, and they were the best I’ve ever cooked, at least i...

A HOUSE DIVIDED CANNOT STAND! WE MUST STAND WITH JESUS CHRIST! JESUS CHRIST MAKES A HOUSE WHOLE! Mark 3:1-35 1And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered ha...

After going 8-16 last season under then first-year coach Eric Carr, Carr helped guide the Lady Diamonds to an 18-9 record, bringing home plaques — or as we sports writers call them, “tournament hardwa...

For decades, the opioid epidemic has devastated communities across Oklahoma, with American Indians suffering the highest overdose death rates in the nation. Here on the Cherokee Nation Reservation, we...

This past Monday we had 12 TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) in attendance. This week we had a net gain of 2.6 pounds this week. We will do better next week. Annette had the best weight loss of 2.6 poun...

Feelings are strange things. Some of them lead us to do exactly the wrong things. Some are purposely designed to draw us away from the right path. Our thought is to try whatever it is and if it is wro...

As a Catholic, I've always admired the efforts of one organization that remains true to the mission of preserving all life. I've never heard of an instance where Catholic Charities has turned away any...

The Sallisaw Black Diamonds saw their basketball season come to an end Friday afternoon in the Class 4A Regional Tournament, but new coach Zac Rogers believes the program is heading in the right direc...

THERE’S SO MUCH WICKEDNESS IN THE WORLD! IF ANYONE HATES GOD—THEY LOVE DEATH! GOD’S VERY SERIOUS ABOUT THIS! GOD’S SO SERIOUS—HE GAVE HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST, TO FREE WHOSOEVER FROM THE GRIP OF DEATH AN...

As the largest tribe in the United States, Cherokee Nation has the responsibility to be an advocate and leader for all of Indian Country. That means engaging with the U.S. Congress and other federal l...

We agreed two days in a row. The third day we didn’t agree. How do we judge our friendships? Do we rate them by the number of things we see eye to eye on or by the one thing we did not? Friends are tr...

The 2025 high school baseball and slow-pitch softball seasons have arrived. In fact, the first high school baseball game in the county will be at noon Saturday when the Muldrow Bulldogs begin the John...