Early postcards illustrated life and scenery in western North Carolina. This card is labeled, “Cherokee Indians, Western N.C” and appears to include a Cherokee family.
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina
This page of four pictures from a report by the United States Census Office, 'Extra Census Bulletin. Indians. Eastern Band of Cherokees of North Carolina' (Washington, D.C.: United States Census Printing Office, 1892), shows 'Eastern Cherokee...
This picture of Nimrod Jarrett Smith (1837 - 1893) is from a report by the United States Census Office, "Extra Census Bulletin. Indians. Eastern Band of Cherokees of North Carolina" (Washington, D.C.: United States Census Printing Office,...
This undated photograph, taken by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, shows Julia Ned Taylor (1902-1991) making a white oak ribbed basket. A member of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, Taylor was known for making ribbed white oak baskets. ...
This 1932 photograph from the Smithsonian's National Anthropological Archives shows a group of men known as the Big Cove Dancers from the Qualla Boundary. Members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the dancers carry a number of traditional...
This 1932 photograph from the Smithsonian's National Anthropological Archives shows a group of men known as the Big Cove Dancers from the Qualla Boundary. Members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the dancers carry a number of traditional...
This photograph of downtown Cherokee was taken in 1945. During the 1920s, road improvements made the North Carolina mountains more accessible and tourism became a significant force in the economy of Cherokee and the surrounding area. By the late...
This photograph of downtown Cherokee was taken in 1945. During the 1920s, road improvements made the North Carolina mountains more accessible and tourism became a significant force in the economy of Cherokee and the surrounding area. By the late...
This undated postcard shows a photograph of a Cherokee craftswoman making a basket. The back of the postcard reads, "The Cherokee Indian Reservation is adjacent to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. During the Annual Indian Fair ceremonial...
This undated color drawing was reproduced as a postcard. It depicts a Cherokee craftswoman making a basket at a site on the Qualla Boundary, the area of land owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee. The card reads, "Basket Weaving. One of the Arts...
This photograph shows the entrance to the Qualla Boundary in 1945. During the 1920s, road improvements made the North Carolina mountains more accessible and tourism became a significant force in the economy of Cherokee and the surrounding area. ...
This 1949 photograph by Vivienne Roberts was taken in downtown Cherokee, a town in the heart of the Qualla Boundary. The Boundary is made up of almost 100 square miles of tribal land owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. During the...
This 1949 photograph by Vivienne Roberts was taken in downtown Cherokee, a town in the heart of the Qualla Boundary. The Boundary is made up of almost 100 square miles of tribal land owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. During the...
This Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph shows renowned potter Cora Wahnetah using a paddle to make a design on a piece of her pottery. A member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cora Arch Wahnetah (1907-1986) was also known Cora...
Indian masks -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph is of a wildcat mask carved from buckeye wood by Cherokee mask maker, Allen Long (1917-1983). Long was born and raised in the Big Cove community of Cherokee, North Carolina. When he was 12...
Indian masks -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph is of a bear mask carved from buckeye wood by Cherokee mask maker, Allen Long (1917-1983). Long was born and raised in the Big Cove community of Cherokee, North Carolina. When he was 12 years...
Indian masks -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph is of a female booger mask made by Cherokee mask maker, Allen Long (1917-1983). The mask was carved from buckeye and finished with fur or hair. Long was born and raised in the Big Cove community in...
Cherokee Indian Reservation (N.C.); Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina; Cherokee Indians -- Food;
W.M. Cline, Co. was established in 1938 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The company was founded by Walter Matson Cline, Jr. (1914-1984) who had learned photographer from his father, Walter M. Cline, Sr. (1873-1941). The elder Cline had come to...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Authors, American -- North Carolina, Western; Music -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County; Cherokee Indians -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Pyrography -- North Carolina, Western; Woodwork -- North...
To open the show, Amy shares childhood memories of coaxing doodlebugs out of sand pits in her story "Doodlebug, Doodlebug,” followed by Banjo Mania’s "Duets.” On Creative Corner, Doreyl and poet Terry Michelsen discuss her new book, Soaring...
Authors, American -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee Indians -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee Indians -- Funeral customs and rites; Cemeteries -- North Carolina, Western; Decoration and ornament -- North Carolina, Western;
Amy opens the show with her view from the mountain as a child. Doreyl talks with Kirby A. Claphan, author of a new children’s book of poetry, Cherokee Mountain, which shares lessons from a Cherokee grandfather. Amy speaks with Pamela Conseen...
