Cherokee potter Crystal Hanna and dozens of Indigenous artists shared stories and artwork at the First Americans Museum’s ...

Amanda Sequoyah Swimmer was born in North Carolina at a time when Native American children were forced to attend boarding schools, as part of a national effort to assimilate them into mainstream ...

After a hiatus due to the Covid crisis, in-person events are now scheduled for the museums in New York and Washington D.C. Dennis Zotigh “Attending Cherokee days was a great opportunity for me to ...

ART LESSONS: Tara McCoy demonstrates shaping pottery using Cherokee tools and techniques with a class of UNC Asheville students. Photo courtesy of Kilyne Oocumma/The Center for Native Health Potter ...

Levi West is a potter who begins with the ground itself — the earth. He has been researching sites around Cherokee towns where his ancestors would have harvested clay for pottery. But even when he ...

This is a selection from a conversation during the Appalachian Studies Conference at BPR’s Listening Lounge at Western Carolina University. A new exhibit at the Museum of the Cherokee People opens ...

CHEROKEE, N.C. (WJHL)- Just a two-hour drive through the mountains from the Tri-Cities lies Cherokee, North Carolina, a town full of history, fun and adventure. It’s home to the Eastern Band of the ...