Every Labor Day weekend marks a special time for reflection and celebration by Cherokees. The Cherokee National Holiday recognizes the 1839 signing of the Cherokee Nation Constitution, which formally ...

Last week on the softball diamond saw quite a bit of exciting things. First off, there were two local individuals who hit inside-the-park home runs on Thursday — Gore’s River Shoemake in the win over ...

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...

SINNING WILL NOT GET YOU TO HEAVEN! DO YOU WANT THE SMOKING, OR NONSMOKING OF ETERNAL LIFE? KNOW JESUS CHRIST, KNOW ETERNAL LIFE! NO JESUS CHRIST, NO ETERNAL LIFE! 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 9Know ye not th...

There are a lot of great things happening here on the Cherokee Nation Reservation. I write each week about the historic moves we’re making in housing, health and wellness, language revitalization, and...

The 2024 high school fast-pitch softball season is off and running as we’ve now been in action for about a week. During last week’s action, we saw two new softball coaches — Sallisaw’s Wes Green and C...

Monday was a good day at the scales for TOPS 0737. We had a net loss of 12.6 pounds! Way to go members! Thirteen members were in attendance. I had the best weight loss for the week with 6.3 pounds gon...

On my commute to work from Vian to Sallisaw, I can pinpoint each morning where Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers will be stationed on I-40. It’s usually between Dwight Mission and the first Sallisaw ex...

To hear the truth and to tap wisdom and knowledge is priceless-that is our privi-lege. Never admit defeat if true wisdom has not been sought for and used. None of us would know right from wrong if we ...

DON’T LET ANYTHING OR ANYONE GET IN THE WAY OF THE LORD! ALWAYS LET HIM GO BEFORE YOU AND BE WITH YOU ALWAYS! THERE IS ONLY GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON, AND GOD THE HOLY GHOST! CLING TO HIM FOR ETERNA...

The Cherokee Nation’s story contains more than our fair share of chapters where we struggled for survival. And yet with the support and sympathy from our allies, we continue to persist. We’ve faced fo...

Monday has been a date that all football coaches and players have been anxiously awaiting — the day high school football practice can begin for the upcoming 2024 season. “We’re getting ready to start ...

Wisely, we cannot let a bad example influence how we are going to feel. We are individuals with minds and spirits totally different from others. Our compassion cannot make us have pity for others by t...

We’re back!! Your local diamond dolls, a.k.a. our local high school fast-pitch softball teams, will begin their 2024 seasons on Monday. I have the schedule from Monday through Aug. 20 at the end of th...

We had 13 members attend our Installation of Officers on Monday. We all met at First Christian Church for our weigh in. Our chapter had a net weight loss with Mary being our best weight loss of 2.4 po...

Some of you may have heard of the term “workplace spouse” before. Wikipedia defines it as a co-worker/work colleague with whom one shares a special platonic friendship/relationship, characterized by a...

THE LORD IS VERY SERIOUS! BE A BLESSED CHRISTIAN IN THE LORD! COME TO THE RIVER OF LIFE AND DRINK DEEPLY! Psalm 1:1-6 1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth i...

Well, it’s here — the start of the 2024-25 high school athletic season. High school football practice and fast-pitch softball will begin Monday, while cross country is slated to start at the end of ne...

If you have Medicare Coverage, Part A and B, as we have discussed in the past, you need to have additional health insurance coverage. Medicare is basically a 80% - 20% plan. It covers basically 80% of...

Housing has been one of the highest priorities of my administration. It is time to admit that our efforts have not been enough. Cherokee Nation is in a housing crisis, and we need to face it together....