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Cherokee County Historical Museum
Murphy, NC (http://www.cherokeecounty-nc.gov/departments/museum/)
Resource summary
- Appropriate grades: 3–8
- Subjects: arts (crafts), English language arts (story telling), social studies (American Indians, North Carolina, United States history)
More from LEARN NC
- Storytelling with Cherokee Folktales This is a two day lesson pertaining to telling Cherokee Folktales. This lesson can be modified and used with any folktale.
More on the web
- History of the Cherokee Tells the history of the Cherokee people, incorporating both legend and fact, through chapters that cover the times before the Europeans settled the United States, first contacts with the settlers, the Trail of Tears, and the Civil War. Find also images, maps, and suggestions for further reading.
- Storytelling of the North Carolina Native Americans Cherokee, Lumbee and Occaneechi storytellers share their tales.
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This museum has many interesting and educational exhibits. These include:
- a collection of over 2000 Cherokee Indian artifacts, assembled over a span of seventy years by local resident Arthur Palmer (1889-1972)
- approximately 500 collectible dolls, donated in 1995 by local resident Louise Kilgore
- antique farm implements and vintage household items (many hand-made) used by early pioneer settlers in Cherokee County.
See the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction documentary Cherokee: The Principle People