Our family recently visited the Cherokee Heritage Center in Tahlequah (Park Hill), Oklahoma. We took particular interest in this since our family is part Cherokee. We began our visit in the gift shop and museum. At the time of our visit, the center was hosting the Miss Cherokee exhibit of past gowns and crowns. There is also a moving Trail of Tears exhibit in the museum. After we finished looking around the inside of the center we joined a tour of a replica of a 1710 Cherokee village, Diligwa. Our guide, Danny, taught us about life for Cherokees before the move west. Once our tour was finished we completed our visit in Adams Corner Rural Village, a representation of Cherokee life after the move to Indian Territory. For more information visit
http://www.cherokeeheritage.org/.
The center was once a women's seminary and these are the original smoke stacks from the building.
One of the buildings in Diligwa.
Danny teaching us about Cherokee life.
Danny and a friend demonstrating Stick Ball.
A Cherokee woman teaching us about pottery.
Danny in the Council House describing Cherokee spirituality and business.
To supplement our trip to the Cherokee Heritage Center, I did a quick Google search for Cherokee worksheets.
P.S. If you're in the area and like pizza, we recommend Sam & Ella's Chicken Palace.
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