The 18th annual Cherokee Voices Festival, sponsored by The North Carolina Arts Council and the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, is held on Saturday, June 13.
Press release from Museum of the Cherokee Indian:
Date: June 13, 2015
Location: Museum of the Cherokee Indian, 589 Tsali Blvd. Cherokee NC 28719
Cost: FREE and open to the public
Sponsor: The North Carolina Arts Council and the Museum of the Cherokee Indian
Description: Celebrate thousands of years of Cherokee tradition in the southern Appalachians with Cherokee people from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, North Carolina’s only federally-recognized tribe. “This is a great day and a fun way to immerse yourself and your family in Cherokee culture,” said Bo Taylor, Executive Director of the museum of the Cherokee Indian.
This year’s festival is the 18th annual celebration, sponsored by the North Carolina Arts Council, which has designated the Museum as a Primary Arts Organization for North Carolina. More than twenty-five Cherokee artists will demonstrate their crafts: basket making, pottery, beadwork, wampum belt making, wood carving, stone carving, painting, doll making, clothing making, moccasin making, and more. Performances from 10 am to 5 pm will include traditional dance groups, storytellers, gospel groups singing in English and Cherokee language, songs from the outdoor drama “Unto These Hills,” flute players, and more. Special guests this year include the Cherokee Nation Youth Choir from Oklahoma, and DeLanna Studi, presenting “And So We Walked; An Artists’ Journey on the Trail of Tears.” The new Cherokee Friends, AniTsalagi Digali from the Museum will provide demonstrations of fire making, blowguns, and the chunkey game. The Warriors of AniKituhwa will dance at 3:30 pm and will present an ancient tradition of fundraising through dancing at 4:15, with proceeds going to the construction of the Cherokee Children’s Home.
A new exhibit will have its grand opening June 13th in the Museum: The Bat Creek Stone. This artifact is a stone tablet with writing found in a mound in Tennessee, and many mysteries surround this inscription. The stone is on loan from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
Info: For more information go to http://www.cherokeemuseum.org.
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