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The annual July Powwow will be July 6-8 at the Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds in Cherokee. Individuals from tribes across the Americas will compete for thousands of dollars in prizes in dance categories including traditional, grass, fancy, jingle, and more. There will also be a drumming contest with categories for both Northern and Southern styles each with a $2,000 first-place prize. “I think we put on a great show,” said Richie Bottchenbaugh, 33, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians who will serve in the dignified position of host drummer for the event.
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The 58th season of “Unto These Hills … a retelling” is under way. The outdoor production, a staple of entertainment on the Qualla Boundary, is the theatrical interpretation of the history of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. This season marks the second in a row for script revisions that place an emphasis on Cherokee history from a Cherokee rather than a non-Native perspective. The newest version incorporates events and figures from Cherokee history not included in previous versions, Including a number of historical characters and scenes integral to the true telling of the Cherokee story. Some of the new additions to the show include…
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The Oconaluftee Indian Village is a quiet place tucked above the Mountainside Theatre. Set in the mid-1700s, the Village is living history, a place where ancient arts and crafts including basketry, beading, woodwork, and pottery along with hunting techniques such as blowgun and arrowhead carving are brought to life. Other stops along the shady paths include log and earth dwellings, a traditional sauna, a seven-sided council house, and the ceremonial grounds where visitors learn about the Cherokee belief systems and the significance of Cherokee song and dance. And for some of the staff there, working at the Village is like working with family – literally.
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A photography exhibit at the Museum of the Cherokee Indian in Cherokee, offers visitors a dichotomous look at sites along the Cherokee Trail of Tears, the 1,000-mile route of Cherokee removal from the Southern Appalachian Mountains to present-day Oklahoma. Photographer David Fitzgerald traveled nine states photographing the images. Some of them are easy to imagine looking as they did in 1838, when Cherokees endured the forced march to Indian Territory. A photo of Telegraph Road at the Pea Ridge Battlefield in Benton County, GA, for instance, shows a rough double-track dirt road bending into a stand of trees.
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This year's Festival of Native Peoples is July 19-21 at the Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds in Cherokee, NC. An exposition of arts, dance, storytelling, and singing, the festival is a unique event that celebrates purely traditional cultural expressions by indigenous people of the Americas. New this year, artists will display their work as part of a juried competition. Guests for this year's festival include David Boxley of Metlakatla, Alaska. In 1986, when he was in his mid-30s, Boxley left the comforts of a teaching career for the uncertain life of an artist.
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