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Chief calls for fair access
CHAD SMITH | 9/8/2010 7:17:01 AM
Each district should fairly receive resources to help build the Cherokee Nation.
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Religious freedom?
David W. Bailey | 8/31/2010 8:17:45 AM
We have been denied the right to our religious needs.
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Real racism against Southern Cherokees
Weylin Wiles | 8/31/2010 8:13:07 AM
Tell me how the federal government can force the CN to give non-Cherokee blood Freedman full Cherokee rights and benefits yet totally ignore the Southern Cherokees.
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Bravo!
Patt Stanek | 8/31/2010 8:02:36 AM
Thank you (Senior Reporter Will Chavez) for telling people “how it really is.”
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For shame!
Donald Pearson | 8/31/2010 7:57:41 AM
Shame on David Simpson who drew the cartoon published on the editorial page of the June 2010 issue.
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Free press in Indian Country is rare
WILL CHAVEZ | 8/31/2010 7:51:42 AM
It is the duty of the press to report without bias the activities of the government and the news of interest to have inform citizens.
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My grandparents are to thank
JAMI CUSTER | 8/13/2010 7:25:05 AM
In our society, it seems that we forget the significant things in life such as family.
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No blue or white card here
Lynn C. Riggs | 8/3/2010 7:47:02 AM
I do not carry a blue or white card, a white man-controlling document as my father once said.
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Keep up the language
James White | 8/3/2010 7:45:25 AM
Keep up the language and our culture will never die.
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Real racism against Southern Cherokees
Weylin Wiles | 8/3/2010 7:42:12 AM
How can the CN government continue to ignore the validity of Southern Cherokees today and accept African-blood Freedmen with no Cherokee blood in them at all?
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Treaty Party letter needs response
Conn Grayson Davis | 8/3/2010 7:39:24 AM
The letter from Marshall Wade justifying the treacherous action of the Treaty Party deserves a response.
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Re: Illinois River pollution case
Dena M. Alden | 8/3/2010 7:38:08 AM
Nice to know the Cherokees are a considered factor, but how much chicken grease did it take to grease that political palm?
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Oh please!
Aaron R. Triplett | 8/3/2010 7:36:20 AM
Law-abiding citizens of any shade should cooperate in the government’s attempt to do what it has failed to do for decades.
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Snell’s heading the wrong way
Steve Bankhead | 8/3/2010 7:34:15 AM
He seemed uncaring about our country being inundated by huge numbers of people entering without any control or legal permission.
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Re: Arizona’s heading the wrong way
Norma R. Mills | 8/3/2010 7:32:37 AM
I have to say that no one who lives in this country should mind proving they are a citizen.
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Important names left out
Jace Weaver and R. Alfred Vick | 8/3/2010 7:31:06 AM
The Institute of Native American Studies is proud of our involvement in projects with the Cherokee Heritage Center and the Cherokee Nation.
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Re: A hand up, not out
Daphine Makin | 8/3/2010 7:28:31 AM
We Cherokee voters need to get up off our butts and get the chief (Chad Smith) and some of his buddies out of office and get a chief who cares about the people.
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Deputy chief defends the indefensible
CHUCK HOSKIN JR. | 8/3/2010 7:23:33 AM
He defends an indefensible secret budget meeting and attacks me for engaging in pork barrel politics.
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Budget process open to all councilors
JOE GRAYSON | 8/3/2010 7:14:18 AM
We accomplish things by working together, listening to each other and having an open dialogue.
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Coupons save more than money
CHRISTINA GOOD VOICE | 7/28/2010 9:36:14 AM
Sorry to be a pain, people, but in these current economic times, we can’t afford to throw our money around.
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The gifts of Wilma Mankiller
DAN AGENT | 7/21/2010 8:33:20 PM
We can celebrate her life by burying our own hurtful, unkind acts, anger and polarizing actions and seek the common ground for the next seven generations and beyond.
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Debate rages about who can create Cherokee-themed art
WILL CHAVEZ | 7/6/2010 12:13:23 PM
One constant issue in the Cherokee world is the debate about who has the right to create Indian art.
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Emergency fund raid irresponsible
CHAD SMITH | 6/29/2010 1:08:58 PM
Sound management principles, as well as our fiduciary duty to the CN and to our people, require that we keep our reserve fund intact.
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Arizona's heading the wrong way
TRAVIS SNELL | 6/1/2010 7:38:25 AM
I wonder how this new law will affect Native Americans living in Arizona such as the Hopi, Navajo, Apache, Pueblo, Tohono O’odham and others.
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Fiscal responsibility benefits everyone
CHAD SMITH | 6/1/2010 7:30:55 AM
Others are now recognizing that the tribe’s financial outlook has stabilized and improved in significant ways.
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