It was like buzzards circling a body. The Jones kid, Randy, was out in the Mule Barn parking lot with the hood up on his car. He was staring down into it the way a first-time parachutist would look ou...

A “New Deal” for Cherokee Creativity In 1935, the United States was still in the grips of the Great Depression. Millions of people felt the impact of the economic crisis, including the nation‚s artist...

Cold Fighting Food This past weekend, I was not feeling well. Adrian took it upon himself to help me greatly. He decided to plan my column based on foods that would help me feel better faster. He crea...

— Sequoyah County Democrat, Sept. 22, 1922 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Sept. 21, 1997, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) –The financial picture for the co...

Has this been a good week? Personally, it makes me want to ask myself what I think I am doing or maybe what I am not thinking clearly about. I cut my finger chopping vegetables, I stuck my fingers in ...

Things change. There seems to be a fundamental truth to this two-word phrase. Perhaps another truth is we passionately resist change. Or perhaps it is just those of us of a certain age. I don‚t know b...

Frustration with County Commissioner on road Dear Editor, Last week‚s article on Lake View Road misquoted me, and I would like to correct the record and articulate my frustration with Commissioner Bur...

TRUST GOD IN ALL THINGS!!! HE IS THE BEST PROVIDER YOU CAN EVER KNOW!!! Proverbs 3:135 1My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: 2For length of days, and long life, and pea...

Cherokee Nation has the power and the responsibility to protect all Cherokees and ensure justice is served on our reservation. That‚s why Deputy Chief Bryan Warner and I recently proposed the Cherokee...

Just in case you missed it, Elizabeth II died. I confess I don‚t really understand why so many Yanks are obsessed with the English royal family. I will acknowledge the Brits do pomp and circumstance i...

— Sequoyah County Democrat, Sept. 15, 1922 (From the Sept. 18, 1997, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) –Blue Ribbon Downs will pursue all legal remedies to close a Choctaw off-track betting parl...

The largest, most comprehensive budget in the history of the Cherokee Nation will improve lives both for Cherokees and non-Cherokees across our 7,000-square-mile reservation in northeast Oklahoma. In ...

— Sequoyah County Times, Sept. 7, 1997 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Sept. 7, 1997, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) –Sallisaw Police have arrested four ju...

After some rather serious thoughts on education and democracy over recent weeks, I found myself once again obsessing about television programing. Networks and streaming services are once again hyping ...

Cherokee history is full of rich moments and great triumphs. Throughout history, the Cherokee people have acted collectively to overcome tragedy, work through trauma, and build a great nation. Telling...

Why does an old guy care so passionately about education? I believe the person who asked this question was genuinely well-intended. I thought the answer was one of those self-evident truths that Thoma...

It was 293 days ago that Sooner Nation was thunderstruck when football coach Lincoln Riley abruptly bolted in the middle of the night for Los Angeles and USC. Many have not gotten over that traitorous...

— Sequoyah County Times, Aug. 3 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Aug. 31, 1997, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) –Dodson‚s Café, 212 N. Elm in Sallisaw, close...

Its been almost seven score and 19 years since Abraham Lincoln reminded those gathered to dedicate the national cemetery at Gettysburg on Nov. 19,1863, that the United States was “conceived in Liberty...

— Sequoyah County Times, Aug. 29,1947 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Aug. 28,1997, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) -Sequoyah County Sheriff Johnny Philpot ...