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Find complete coverage and breaking news about issues concerning Cherokee people including Cherokee Nation tribal council meetings, pending court cases, health and education information, reader and staff opinions, and Cherokee athletes and traditional games.en-usMany people believe teen mothers are doomed for a life of poverty, welfare, minimum wage jobs and public assistance.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20925/Article.aspxTue, 01 Dec 2009 08:00:50 GMTWhen did electronics and semi-reality television take precedence over real conversation and dinnertime discussion of current events, school happenings and ‘how was your day, dear?’http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20833/Article.aspxTue, 03 Nov 2009 06:58:05 GMTThe number of Cherokee children in protective services programs or waiting for foster parents is staggering. http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20832/Article.aspxTue, 03 Nov 2009 06:43:11 GMTDespite the wealth generated from our casinos all is not well in our communities.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20803/Article.aspxFri, 23 Oct 2009 03:52:35 GMTIt is a beautiful wildflower that is easily spotted along disturbed areas such as fence lines, railroad tracks, river banks and pastures.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20702/Article.aspxThu, 17 Sep 2009 02:03:59 GMTI’m sure when most people who aren’t from Oklahoma think of the state, the lyrics from that famous Rodgers and Hammerstein song come to their minds. I know it did for me. http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20594/Article.aspxFri, 07 Aug 2009 03:23:52 GMTOverall, the holiday is a good event and something I really look forward to attending.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20582/Article.aspxMon, 03 Aug 2009 09:30:33 GMTLet’s face it. HJR 1042 is the boarding school mentality without the boarding school. http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20472/Article.aspxWed, 01 Jul 2009 04:50:54 GMTIt makes no sense to disrupt an entire program to remove four or five children who are part of an effort to preserve our language.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20353/Article.aspxFri, 29 May 2009 04:36:30 GMTThere are some experiences that are burned into my heart and mind. I was fortunate enough to have one of those experiences recently at Red Clay.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20271/Article.aspxThu, 14 May 2009 02:51:44 GMTBeginning the loan process is daunting, and if you have some credit issues from the past, it can be downright terrifying.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20241/Article.aspxThu, 07 May 2009 07:27:34 GMTA few years ago I wrote about a monster living among our people – diabetes. It’s still here and stronger than ever.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20240/Article.aspxThu, 07 May 2009 07:15:23 GMTI jus wanna thank the folks of the GOP in the Okiehoma Haus and Sinnit for getting this Inglesh-only beel goin’.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20150/Article.aspxThu, 02 Apr 2009 05:40:27 GMTJust increasing the scholarship amount does not solve the root of the problem.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20147/Article.aspxThu, 02 Apr 2009 02:35:29 GMTIt’s that time of year, when notices go up around towns announcing benefit wild onion suppers.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20034/Article.aspxThu, 19 Feb 2009 04:35:40 GMTWhen I was younger I loved sitting nearby and listening to our language being spoken. I had no idea what they were saying, but I liked hearing their voices.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20032/Article.aspxThu, 19 Feb 2009 04:05:19 GMTReading Obama’s statement makes me hopeful. It is good to know that others can thoughtfully analyze this complex situation and come to the same simple conclusions that we have.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/19598/Article.aspxThu, 22 May 2008 04:25:12 GMTI request your support in opposing H.R. 2824, a harmful piece of legislation introduced by California Congresswoman Diane Watson on June 21, 2007, which proposes to terminate the United States’ government relations with the Cherokee Nation.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/19408/Article.aspxSat, 22 Sep 2007 07:51:16 GMThttp://www.cherokeephoenix.org/19397/Article.aspxThu, 16 Aug 2007 07:47:48 GMTFor the past few months, a few members of the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council have been trying to make political hay by filing lawsuits and trying to discredit the Cherokee Nation’s oldest business, CNI. This past month, tribal and federal courts both told them they were wrong.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/19193/Article.aspxWed, 21 Mar 2007 04:23:10 GMTThe controversy over Freedmen citizenship in the Cherokee Nation has led to misunderstanding and misstatement of historical facts. These misrepresentations come from various sources: citizens who are simply unlearned in Cherokee history, politicians who tend to rewrite Cherokee history to serve their own purposes and out-and-out racists.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/19194/Article.aspxWed, 21 Mar 2007 04:21:44 GMTWe Cherokee people hold our status as a sovereign nation with a sacred reverence.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/19195/Article.aspxWed, 21 Mar 2007 04:20:01 GMTBryan Pollard was recently named the new editor of the Cherokee Phoenix, becoming the second editor to serve the Cherokee people under the Cherokee Independent Press Act of 2000.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/19196/Article.aspxWed, 06 Dec 2006 08:13:50 GMTIn a series of three columns, award-winning Cherokee columnist George Benge describes his experiences as a Native American attending the games of three football teams that have American Indian mascots or names. In this column, Benge writes about attending homecoming at the University of Illinois. Previously he wrote about a Washington Redskins home game. http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/19166/Article.aspxFri, 03 Nov 2006 11:25:25 GMT