Join us Saturday March 11 from 11 am to 5 pm for a fun day of cultural activities. FREE and family friendly. This month’s theme is PLANTS! Strawberries won’t be ripe until May, but the first leaves of the wild Read more…
Join us for Cherokee Heritage Day–February the Hungry Month
Join us for Cherokee Heritage Day for February, Kagali, the Hungry Month. At the end of winter, in the old days, food stores got low as people waited for the first spring greens to appear. Our cultural activities this month focus Read more…
New Book! Cherokee Clothing in the 1700s
Cherokee Clothing in the 1700s: with Information from Previous and Following Centuries, by Barbara R. Duncan, has just been published by the Museum of the Cherokee Indian. A fashion show of this traditional clothing will launch the book at 7:30 Read more…
Three Days at Sacred Stone Camp: DAPL and the Standing Rock Sioux
Gilliam Jackson (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) and Trey Adcock (Cherokee Nation) traveled to North Dakota and visited the Sacred Stone Camp at the junction of the Cannonball and Missouri Rivers on the weekend of September 2-3-4. They will share Read more…
Cherokee History and Culture Institute 2016
Please join us for the Cherokee History and Culture Institute July 11-15, 2016. The goal of the Institute is to provide accurate information about the Cherokees (and other American Indians,) resources, and to provide connections with Cherokee people. We will Read more…
Happy New Year!
Ulihelisdi Atse Udetiyisgv! “For the Closing of the Year” is Hymn 81 in the Cherokee Hymnbook, published in 1829. The new edition published by the Museum in 2014 includes a new English translation. The last verse concludes: Asdaya didinogi, Ale Read more…
Thank you to all our visitors who posted on Trip Advisor! The Museum of the Cherokee Indian is proud to receive their Certificate of Excellence for 2015!
Christmas at Cherokee Boarding School–Jerry Wolfe
Jerry Wolfe talks about Christmas at the Cherokee Boarding School in the 1930s.
Cherokee Friends FREE December Events
Join us at the Museum of the Cherokee Indian for FREE events with the Cherokee Friends through December 31. SCHEDULE: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays: 11 am and 1 pm Guided tours of the Museum’s two award-winning exhibits–Story of the Cherokee Read more…
Native American Heritage Month
Come celebrate Native American Heritage Month at the Museum of the Cherokee Indian in November. Free programs include: Storytelling by Jerry Wolfe every Friday from 1-2 pm Demonstrations by the Cherokee Friends every Wednesday afternoon Book Signing by Chief Robert Youngdeer Saturday Read more…