Some 12,000 of the Cherokee still living in North Carolina were rounded up and sent to these forts for deportation west. They were marched along the Great State Road and the Army Road, as well as ...

Located in Cherokee, North Carolina on the Qualla Boundary, the sovereign land of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and ancestral homelands of all Cherokees, the Museum shares the history ...

Each year, some 3.5 million tourists visit Cherokee, North Carolina, nestled along the Oconaluftee River in the Great Smoky Mountains. The main street of Cherokee, Tsali Boulevard, runs parallel ...

Countless generations of Cherokee Indians have cultivated lands in the shadow of the Smoky Mountains. More people want to learn from them. WHY WE’RE HERE We’re exploring how America defines ...