Opinion
What Is Politics?
That was a question I kept asking myself during the midterm elections. So many kids across the United States don't know the answer, and honestly, I'm not sure I do either. I barely know where to…
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Education
NSU honored as a Purple Heart University on Veterans Day
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – Northeastern State University was proclaimed a Purple Heart University by the Military Order of the Purple Heart on Nov. 11, recognizing the university's longstanding commitment to…
Opinion
What Veterans Day Means When You're Fifteen
Today is Veterans Day, and school is off. For most kids I know, that mostly means sleeping in and catching up on whatever we didn't get to over the weekend, and I'm not going to pretend I'm any…
Opinion
Six Cameras, Zero Warrants
There are six Flock Safety cameras in Tahlequah right now. One sits near the police department. Another was bolted onto a traffic pole at Muskogee Avenue and Willis Road this summer, solar powered,…
Opinion
Where Do We Belong?
In my recent article, “Where Do I Belong?” I found myself considering where my ancestral loyalty belongs. Do I look to my European ancestors, or to my Native American ancestors? The answer, I…
Opinion
Rural, Young, and Politically Homeless
There's a kind of political loneliness that doesn't get talked about much, and I feel it constantly in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. It isn't the loneliness of being surrounded by people who disagree with…
Culture
Where Do I Belong?
I've asked myself this question for most of my life. I present as white: blue eyes, blond hair, and fair skin. The earliest knowledge I have of my Cherokee heritage wasn't taught in school or by my…