Women demonstrating beading techniques in Oconaluftee Indian Village
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- Date created
- May 25, 2007
- Location
- Swain County, North Carolina
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- This photograph copyright ©2007. Terms of use
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These women are demonstrating beading techniques in Oconaluftee Indian Village in Swain County, North Carolina. They are showing visitors the Peyote stitch. Oconoluftee Indian Village is a replica of an eighteenth century Cherokee village, complete with a council house and homes, constructed as they would have been 250 years ago. Cherokee guides give tours in authentic costume.
