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Cherokee North Carolina is a fascinating blend of modern
tourism and a traditional Indian community - can one survive today without the
other? Don't let the many strip shopping centers or casino distract you from the
beauty of a people whose lifestyle began over 8,ooo years ago. Visit the
Cherokee Indian Museum,
the Oconaluftee Indian Village and Unto These Hills, a live theatre re-telling the Cherokee
history.
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Perfect
Harmony. Hot tub & view! Everything you would want
for a mountain vacation. Close to  Cherokee
and area attractions. Comes with 1king, 2queens, deck, hot tub,
fireplace, phone and more. We have more than 50 properties from
which to choose! Perfect
Harmony site.
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Cherokee Vacation
Log Cabin Rentals. Cherokee
Log Cabin Vacation Rentals & Hot Tubs are snuggled in the Great
Smokey Mountains near the  Cherokee
Indian Reservation. Rustic, cozy, 2 Bedroom log cabins are a
great way to escape and still be close to the major attractions of
the Smoky Mountains & Blue Ridge Parkway. Enjoy a
great comfortable country vacation cabin instead crowded hotel
lodging for the best vacation experience in the Great Smokey
Mountains of North Carolina. Cherokee
Vacation Log Cabin Rentals site.
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EVENTS
AND ATTRACTIONS |
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Festival
of Native Peoples, The Year's Largest Native Dance Festival and
Indian Art Market
On July 17-19, tribes from across the country will
descend  on
the Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds in Cherokee, NC, for the
celebratory Festival
of Native Peoples. The event honors the collected history,
culture, tradition, and wisdom of the indigenous people of the
Americas. Festival
of Native Peoples site. |
Cherokee
Friends. This summer, Cherokee Friends has partnered with
Cherokee Transit to provide informational tours on the trip back and
forth between Gatlinburg Pigeon Forge and  Cherokee.
Saturdays and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. you can take the
Gatlinburg Pigeon Forge Transit and a Cherokee Friend, dressed in
traditional Cherokee dress from the mid 1700s, will provide an
educational lecture on Cherokee history, culture, events and
attractions. Cherokee
Freinds site. |
Qualla Arts
Open Air Indian Art Market. 8/30/08
Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, Inc. Witness bead  making,
basket weaving, sculpture, and woodwork being crafted by Cherokee
artisans, practicing hundreds of years old traditional art
techniques. You will fine art pieces you will treasure for years. Qualla
Arts site.
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Unto
These Hills. Outdoor  drama
presenting the history of the Cherokee Indians in a beautiful Mountainside
Theatre, mid-June thru late August each year. 2006 schedule is
nightly, except Sundays, June 8 thru August 19. This play is marking its 57th season, but the vital, compelling production you see has never been seen until now. In 2006, “Unto These Hills” features a new script, new director, new score, new choreography, new set design, new costuming and new cast members all aimed at conveying a more culturally authentic, historically accurate and Cherokee-centered experience.
Unto
These Hills site. |
OCONALUFTEE
INDIAN VILLAGE. The wood smoke drifting on the breeze isn’t like any you’ve smelled before. It’s not the pure tang of hardwood burned
 for heat. Nor is it the aroma of a cooking fire, fragrant with baking bread or bubbling broth or roasting meat. There’s something earthy about this fire, because it’s smoldering pitch pine, firing local Cherokee clay into gleaming blackware pottery. Then again, all the sights, sounds, and scents surrounding you today are novel. Here in the Oconaluftee Indian Village, it’s 1750. Oconaluftee
Indian Village site. |
Cherokee
Heritage Trail. From the serene peaks of the Balsams to
the muddy banks of the Little Tennessee River, Cherokee  Heritage
Trails wind through the southern Appalachians, telling the story of
the Cherokee people, Ani-Kituhwa-gi, who once commanded all of the
Southern Appalachians. Although most of the Cherokee were forcibly
removed to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears in 1838, a small group
remained in their homeland, becoming the Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians. Today they own about 57,000 acres - the Qualla Boundary, a
remnant of their ancestral lands. SHOP ONLINE. Cherokee
Hertage Trail site. |
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RESTAURANTS &
ENTERTAINMENT |
ARTISTS &
GALLERIES |
MERCHANTS &
MORE |
| Harrah's Casino. Casino,
Restaurants. Entertainment for the whole family. Harrah's
Casino site.
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Brushy Mountain Smokehouse and
Creamery
 667
Casino Trail
Cherokee, NC 28719
(828) 497-PORK
Brushy Mountain Smokehouse and Creamery; Cherokee's newest restaurant,
award winning Hickory Smoked Barbecue and over 21 flavors of Handcrafted
Ice Cream. Offering an extensive buffet everyday from 11 AM - 9 PM, Fresh
Salad Bar, Two Hot Bars with a variety of home style vegetables and
special entrees. Our St. Louis Ribs are available after 4 PM. All buffets
come with a serving of Handcrafted Ice Cream made fresh daily in our
Creamery. Brushy
Mountain Smokehouse and Creamery site
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Featured
Artists of the month
Each month, we will be highlighting two featured artists from more than
300 talented  potters,
sculptors, weavers and other artisans at the Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual
Co-op. This month, learn what inspires Earl Wallace and Fred Wilnoty to
create unique works of Native American art. Qualla
Arts site.
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Qualla Arts &
Crafts Mutual, Inc. Founded in 1946
with the purpose of preserving and advancing Cherokee arts and crafts, the
Qualla  Arts
& Crafts Mutual, Inc., is today the oldest and leading Native American
Arts cooperative in the United States. If practice makes perfect, the
beauty of Cherokee arts and crafts today should come as no surprise. The
Cherokees practice of pottery, basket weaving, and tool-making go back ten
thousand years. Of course, we all
descend from ancestors who made the needed items of daily life and
celebration. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be here. Unlike most of us today,
the Cherokees are still in touch with their ancient art and craft
traditions. Now you can be in touch as well, by bringing home the
available, affordable work of contemporary Cherokee masters. Qualla
Arts site.
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