Cherokee, North Carolina Cherokee, North Carolina Cherokee Central Schools using Cherokee syllabary Member of the Warriors of Ani - Kituhwa, a traditional Eastern Cherokee band dance troupe Museum of the Cherokee Indian on Tsali Boulevard in Cherokee Cherokee (Cherokee language: ) / t r k i / is a census-designated place (CDP) in Swain and Jackson counties in North Carolina, United States, inside the Qualla Boundary territory trust.
Cherokee is the command posts for the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation. To continue the tradition of the Cherokee in the town, a several signs for streets and buildings are written in both Cherokee syllabary and English (see image below).
Cherokee was previously known as "Yellow Hill", which is still used in Cherokee : Elawodi.
Harrah's Cherokee Casino opened in 1997 and dramatically "changed everything from jobs to education to community care" for Cherokee tribe members; in 2005, nearly four million citizens visited the casino and generated a per capita profit of roughly $8,000 annually. Cherokee is a tourist-oriented area, positioned at the entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park and at the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Eastern Cherokee history, culture, and crafts are portrayed in the historical drama Unto These Hills, presented each year amid the tourist season.
It is also home to three roadside attractions with zoos: Cherokee Bear Zoo, Chief Saunooke Bear Park, and Santa's Land.
The Cherokee region was also the home of two, now-defunct amusement parks, Cherokee Wonderland and Frontier Land.
The former was only open for a several years in the 1960s, while the latter opened a several years later and was open for many years before being converted into a water park and finally method to make room for the Harrah's Cherokee Casino.
When they were open, both parks featured their own 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge barns s (named Cherokee Wonderland Railroad and Frontier Land Railroad) as part of their attraction line-ups.
Talk Like A Tarheel, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Official website of Cherokee and the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians Cherokee Museum Bob Barker Showcases Cruelty to Bears in Meeting With Cherokees, a July 29, 2009 post on the PETA File blog Cherokee's Unbearable Bear Pits, an August 4, 2009 post on the Larry King Live blog Locations in Cherokee, NC from Internet Movie Database Cherokee Tourism website Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cherokee, North Carolina.
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Census-designated places in Jackson County, North Carolina - Census-designated places in North Carolina - Census-designated places in Swain County, North Carolina - Cherokee suburbs in North Carolina - Communities of the Great Smoky Mountains - Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians - Tourism in North Carolina
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