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On Monday, Oct. 17, the series will continue with “The Ethnogenesis of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians,” a presentation by Anita Finger-Smith, president of the Cherokee Genealogical Services.
The series culminates on Monday, November 13, at 7:00 p.m. with “Culturally Deliberate in the 21 st Century,” presented by Richard Sneed, Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
The Museum of the Cherokee Indian (MCI) is expanding its leadership with the appointment of two new directors. Evan Mathis has joined the Museum as its Director of Collections and Exhibitions to ...
Cherokee artisans demonstrated basket weaving, loom weaving, bead work, twining, stone carving, woodcarving, flint knapping, painting and pottery, and how to make moccasins and the balls used in ...
“EBCI [Eastern Band of Cherokee Indian] tribal members taught me how to bead and how to make moccasins and how to make my own regalia. I've experimented with basketry, pottery, a little bit of ...
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) — Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park hosted its 3rd annual Cherokee Heritage Day on Saturday, where community members spent the day learning all about the region&#… ...
In June, the Cherokee Nation and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians joined the opposition. The position of these tribes alone should be enough for anyone to oppose a new facility on ...
Moccasin making and more at 3rd annual Cherokee Heritage Day in Elizabethton ...