LISTENING I was just thinking last night how relaxing it was listening to the crickets. It pretty well soothes me to sleep. I live in a 100-year-old house that is on my old family farm in Tahlequah, Okla. The Cherokee Nation has a White House, if you will, but we only use it for entertaining and greeting guests. It’s nothing like the real White House, but it is white. We actually call it the Brown House, but it’s white. It’s named for the first superintendent of the school that the tribe runs. He was Jack Brown. WATCHING We own casinos, and I’ll go to some of those performances and give gifts to the performers. Bill Cosby came in and we had a really good time. And Willie Nelson, we had a good visit with him and presented him with a blanket. Yeah, we hire them to come in, but Cherokee hospitality dictates that we treat them like family and honor them. I think most of them feel that and I don’t think they get that everywhere they go.Get the Story:
Download: Chief Bill John Baker (The New York Times 6/9)
Join the Conversation
