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Cherokee News
North Carolina side of Great Smoky Mountains National Park to get new visitor center
11:58 AM - Officials will break ground Monday on a new 7,000-square-foot building to replace the current Oconaluftee Visitor Center. Read more...
Unto These Hills outdoor drama at Mountainside Theatre
11:52 AM - As "Unto These Hills" approaches it's 59th season, it promises to be more culturally accurate as well as entertaining. Read more...
Tubing and Kayaking
11:44 AM - For chilling thrills on a summer afternoon nothing beats floating down the rapids of a cool mountain stream on a giant inner tube. Read more...
Trout fishing in Cherokee
11:42 AM - The trout fishing in Cherokee is exceptional, thanks to an outstanding Cherokee hatchery and stocking program and the streams are popular with visiting anglers from all over. In fact, North Carolina trout season literally starts in Cherokee. Read more...
Recreational activities
11:36 AM - In addition to the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, the Oconaluftee Indian Village and the “Unto These Hills” outdoor drama, there is a variety of things to do for fun in Cherokee. Read more...
Medicinal herbs
11:27 AM - Learn what natural plants the Cherokees often used to treat their aches and ailments. Read more...
Cherokee, a nature lover's paradise
11:18 AM - Cherokee, NC is boasts the world's oldest mountains, beautiful wildlife and landscapes, and provides a variety of opportunities for biking, mountain climbing, and other outdoor adventures for the nature lover in all of us. Read more...
Qualla Arts & Crafts
11:07 AM - 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 Read more...
Oconaluftee Indian Village
11:01 AM - The Oconaluftee Indian Village features its new "Hands-On Cherokee" experiential learning classes where guests create handcrafted works of art such as pottery, fingerweaving, beadwork and baskets in an authentic 1750s atmosphere. Read more...
Mingo Falls
10:57 AM - As you travel up Big Cove Road to Mingo Falls, you enter a part of the Qualla Boundry that is geographically remote, where people speak the Cherokee language a little differently, and where many of the old traditions are practiced. Read more...
Oconaluftee Islands Park
10:53 AM - As the Oconaluftee passes through Cherokee, it is split by an amazing, grassy island – the Oconaluftee Islands Park – sheltered by canopies of oak and sycamore. Read more...
Oconaluftee Islands Park
10:55 AM - When is the last time your kids went wading in a real river? The water in our Oconaluftee River originates from springs bubbling up and filtering through the ferns and moss in the neighboring Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Read more...
The Museum of the Cherokee Indian
10:50 AM - The Museum of the Cherokee Indian takes visitors all the way back to the beginnings of human existence here in these glorious, storied mountains of western North Carolina. Read more...
Cherokee visitors experience an outdoor Mecca
05:03 PM - When visitors fall in love with Cherokee — and they do — they’re in good company. The Cherokee people have called this land home and heaven on earth since long before ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome first arose. Read more...
Cherokee: Home to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
04:56 PM - Cherokee, N.C. is home to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, a culture rich in history dating back more than 11,000 years. Read more...