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Opinion. On the Monday before the 2016 presidential election, I covered campaign stops by the two major candidates — Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump. Both came to my hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan, to ask voters for their support.
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- By Levi Rickert
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Guest Opinion. Holidays and the law around them may not be your first thought when you think about these official and unofficial events; but those who follow my work know I have written a couple of books on two different holidays. My first was The Legal Kiss (2012) for Valentine’s Day, and the second was Halloween Law (2012). So Groundhog Day seemed to warrant at least an investigation into legal issues that might involve it.
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- By Professor Victoria Sutton
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Guest Opinion. In recent decades, Cherokee Nation has continued to prosper in cultural preservation, health care and economic development by leaps and bounds. But when we assess our nation’s true strength, we can only measure success by what is afforded to our most vulnerable citizens.
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- By Chuck Hoskin Jr
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Opinion. Soon after the Jan. 24 death of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit Veterans Affairs nurse who was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents on Saturday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem labeled him a domestic terrorist.
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- By Levi Rickert
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Guest Opinion. Denmark is the architect of a campaign to stop the births of Inuit people in Greenland from the 1960s to as recently as 1991. When Greenland took over health care from Denmark, it became responsible for another 15 cases since 1992, and authorities have continued to receive reports as recently as 2022. The Danish Institute of Human Rights claims it is still happening.
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- By Professor Victoria Sutton
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Guest Opinion. My foremost responsibility as Principal Chief is to protect the well-being of the Cherokee people. That responsibility extends beyond our health, culture and sovereignty to include safeguarding the financial security of our families.
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- By Chuck Hoskin Jr
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Guest Opinion. The objectification of Native people as relics of the past and as “Invisible Americans” helps explain why reporting on missing Native persons is less reliable and why there is an expected undercount due to data collection requirements. I have long advocated for better data collection regarding Murdered and Missing Indigenous Persons (MMIP) and wish to highlight key information in preparation for the Office of Violence Against Women (OVW) Tribal Consultation, rescheduled for Jan. 21–23, 2026, on the Shakopee reservation in Prior Lake, Minnesota. This article is intended to serve as a primer for preparing oral and written Tribal testimony.
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- By Aaron Payment
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Opinion. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is often reduced to a single quote, his one dream and safely fixed in history. But King was not a ceremonial figure. He was a disruptor. He challenged systems of power, condemned police violence, and warned that a nation could not survive while sacrificing human dignity for “law and order.”
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- By Levi Rickert
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Guest Opinion. This January 19, we recognize Martin Luther King Day. It is a day on which many in the United States remember and honor Dr. King’s work and the long and ongoing fight for civil rights and social justice that he helped foster.
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- By John E. Echohawk, Executive Director, Native American Rights Fund
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Guest Opinion. Human trafficking is not a distant crime. It is a harsh reality impacting tribal communities, including Cherokee Nation citizens and families, both on our Reservation and across the country. That is why leaders from my administration and the Council of the Cherokee Nation, along with employees from Cherokee Nation and Cherokee Nation Businesses, gathered recently to proclaim January as Human Trafficking Prevention Awareness Month.
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- By Levi Rickert