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And where is all this money going?http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/21097/Article.aspxThu, 04 Feb 2010 01:42:17 GMTI am proud of the fact that I am a Cherokee and try to keep an open mind about everything.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/21096/Article.aspxThu, 04 Feb 2010 01:40:22 GMTThere has been and continually will be Cherokee blood spilt on foreign shores, and I believe they should be recognized.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/21095/Article.aspxThu, 04 Feb 2010 01:38:20 GMTThe decision to donate funds to Felton Newell’s campaign was welcomed news.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/21094/Article.aspxThu, 04 Feb 2010 01:36:14 GMTThe minority who voted may be able to take away the Freedmen’s political affiliation, but they cannot take away who they are. http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/21093/Article.aspxThu, 04 Feb 2010 01:31:43 GMTI read Staff Writer Will Chavez’s opinion piece “Poor Cherokees being left behind” and thought it was a great article.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20922/Article.aspxTue, 01 Dec 2009 07:34:37 GMTI was wondering if there is a perception that full bloods are more deserving of assistance than other tribal citizens.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20921/Article.aspxTue, 01 Dec 2009 07:32:45 GMTI read Staff Writer Will Chavez’s column on poor Cherokees being left behind with great interest, and I agree with his assessment.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20920/Article.aspxTue, 01 Dec 2009 07:29:52 GMTI read Staff Writer Will Chavez’s column on poor Cherokees, and I was shocked that anyone from Cherokee Nation would dare to commit the truth to writing.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20919/Article.aspxTue, 01 Dec 2009 07:28:17 GMTI just wanted to drop a line to Assistant Editor Travis Snell regarding his column “Inglesh-only da way too go.”http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20918/Article.aspxTue, 01 Dec 2009 07:26:20 GMTCan or does anyone want to address the reason why citizens of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina receive per capital payments and yet we Cherokee Nation citizens do not?http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20917/Article.aspxTue, 01 Dec 2009 07:24:22 GMTIsn’t it about time that those in authority see to it that casino profits go to help our poor and elderly?http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20916/Article.aspxTue, 01 Dec 2009 07:22:12 GMTIt seems Mr. Chavez invokes a paternalistic or racist argument that “full bloods can’t help themselves so some one else needs to help them.”http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20915/Article.aspxTue, 01 Dec 2009 07:20:45 GMTThe CN should be going out of its way to help any citizen who may be in need and keep on helping if needed.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20914/Article.aspxTue, 01 Dec 2009 07:18:54 GMTI am occasionally asked what tribe I belong to. I proudly reply that I am a Cherokee Nation citizen.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20913/Article.aspxTue, 01 Dec 2009 07:16:33 GMTI have enjoyed receiving the paper and I have passed it on to many who seemed surprised that there really is a Cherokee Nation and people still in existence.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20841/Article.aspxTue, 03 Nov 2009 07:22:35 GMTTeach your children all there is to learn so that they can become the great leaders of the future.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20840/Article.aspxTue, 03 Nov 2009 07:20:44 GMTWhat happened to the Cherokee desire to make this particular day a day of drawing people to see the Cherokee people in their best light?http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20839/Article.aspxTue, 03 Nov 2009 07:18:07 GMTI am not against the Freedman who can prove being part Indian. I have a small amount of Cherokee blood, and I have proof.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20838/Article.aspxTue, 03 Nov 2009 07:16:00 GMTPrincipal Chief Chad Smith’s vitriolic opinion against Tribal Councilor Chuck Hoskin Jr. is inappropriate for his position.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20760/Article.aspxWed, 07 Oct 2009 07:31:42 GMTWhile the lessons of history are of value, the twisting of history and the mining of the past for grievances can tear a society apart.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20759/Article.aspxWed, 07 Oct 2009 07:25:36 GMTI’m glad to hear that I am not the only Cherokee unhappy with the name change of the Cherokee Casino at Catoosa, Okla.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20757/Article.aspxWed, 07 Oct 2009 02:41:24 GMTTravis’ (Snell) bit on making the English language Oklahoma’s official language was great. I laughed until I cried.http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/20469/Article.aspxWed, 01 Jul 2009 02:33:41 GMT