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Cherokee Heritage Day: Anisgvti (Planting Moon)

Museum of the Cherokee People 598 Tsali Blvd., NC, Cherokee, NC, United States

Cherokee Heritage Day: Anisgvti (Planting Moon), at the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, 10:00 am-5:00 pm.  Family-friendly fun day of free cultural activities including traditional dancing, storytelling, cultural arts demonstrations, genealogy workshops, hands-on craft workshops and more. Traditional food is available on-site, weather permitting.  The Cherokee Friends offer workshops on traditional dancing and cultural arts demonstrations including wampum […]

Cherokee Bonfire

Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds 545 Tsali Blvd., Cherokee, NC, United States

Imagine you’re gathered around a roaring bonfire, the occasional spark shooting high into the night sky, as a strong but gentle voice begins a story you’ve never heard. As the drama builds, you’re nearly breathless, your own heartbeat matching the occasional beat of the hand drum the storyteller uses. Drawing from a rich oral tradition […]

Cherokee Bonfire

Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds 545 Tsali Blvd., Cherokee, NC, United States

Imagine you’re gathered around a roaring bonfire, the occasional spark shooting high into the night sky, as a strong but gentle voice begins a story you’ve never heard. As the drama builds, you’re nearly breathless, your own heartbeat matching the occasional beat of the hand drum the storyteller uses. Drawing from a rich oral tradition […]

Cherokee Artisans

Orchard at Altapass 1025 Orchard Rd, Spruce Pine, NC, United States

FREE Programming and Demonstrations at the Orchard at Altapass: Butch and Louise Goings, of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, have spent over 50 years of marriage, art and living cultural practices of the Cherokee people in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains in western North Carolina. They stay balanced in life through teaching and […]

Cherokee Bonfire

Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds 545 Tsali Blvd., Cherokee, NC, United States

Imagine you’re gathered around a roaring bonfire, the occasional spark shooting high into the night sky, as a strong but gentle voice begins a story you’ve never heard. As the drama builds, you’re nearly breathless, your own heartbeat matching the occasional beat of the hand drum the storyteller uses. Drawing from a rich oral tradition […]

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