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Cherokee County Historical Museum: Students can see artifacts, books, papers, photographs, and other materials significant to the history, culture, and heritage of Cherokee County, NC.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Junaluska Memorial and Museum: Named an interpretive site along the Trail of Tears, the Junaluska Memorial and Museum "highlights the unique place Graham County has in the history of the Cherokee."; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Wax figures in the Museum of the Cherokee Indian: These are wax figures in the Museum of the Cherokee Indian. They depict three Cherokee warriors in authentic costume. The museum contains artifacts, wax figures, and permanent exhibits detailing the history and life of Cherokee Indians.; Format: image/photograph

The legend of Tsali: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 10.9; The story of a Cherokee man who resisted removal and founded the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Includes historical commentary.; Format: legend

Oconaluftee Indian Village: A model of a Cherokee Indian Village from over 250 years ago with guides in native costume to answer questions and explain their heritage.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Judaculla Rock in Jackson County, North Carolina: This is the Judaculla Rock in Jackson County, North Carolina. It is the best known petroglyph site in North Carolina. The boulder is made of soapstone and is covered in glyphs of circles, lines, crosses, anthropomorphs, and other undetermined shapes. While...; Format: image/photograph

Women demonstrating beading techniques in Oconaluftee Indian Village: 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...; Format: image/photograph

Museum of the Cherokee Indian: Official site of the museum of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Hiwassee Lake in Cherokee County, NC: This is Lake Hiwassee in Cherokee County, NC. The lake is surrounding almost completely by the Nantahala National Forest. It and the river that feeds it, the Hiwassee River, are host to a variety of endangered wildlife, including three types of endangered...; Format: image/photograph

Polk County Historical Association Museum: The artifacts found at the Polk County Historical Museum include pioneer tools and clothing, railroad memorabilia, military artifacts, a newspaper editor's office, and much more.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

A foggy service road in Nantahala National Forest: This is a foggy service road in Nantahala National Forest in Cherokee County, North Carolina. The forest spans from Waynesville, North Carolina, to Murphy, North Carolina and was established in 1920. The forest protects a variety of trees, woodland plants,...; Format: image/photograph

North Carolina in the New Nation: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the early national period (1790–1836). Topics include the development of state government and political parties, agriculture, the Great Revival, education, the gold rush, the growth of slavery, Cherokee Removal, and battles over internal improvements and reform.; Format: book (multiple pages)

Revolutionary North Carolina: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the era of the American Revolution. Topics include the Regulators, the resistance to Great Britain, the War for Indpendence, and the creation of new governments.; Format: book (multiple pages)

Macon County Historical Museum: This Museum's collection includes artifacts from the earliest civilization of the area through the mid twentieth century.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

The Rutherford Expedition: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 4.3; The Cherokee, hoping to protect their lands from white settlement, sided with Britain in the American Revolution. In 1776, responding to Cherokee attacks, General Griffith Rutherford led an expedition against the Cherokee, taking slaves, burning villages, and destroying crops and food stores.; Format: article

White clay and Wedgwood pottery: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 11; Figure 9 shows an example of one of the well-documented cases in which the British colonial economic policy was applied in North Carolina. In 1767, the famous English pottery manufacturer Josiah Wedgwood sent a representative to North Carolina to obtain a...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

A comprehensive study of North Carolina Indian tribes: Students will apply their research skills of gathering and validating information to study the eight state recognized American Indian tribes of North Carolina in order to create an Honors U.S. History Project. Students then will create a comprehensive study of those tribes to be compiled into a notebook to be copied and shared with the eighth grade teachers of North Carolina History in our county.; Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies)

Boundary between North Carolina and the Cherokee Nation, 1767: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 4.2; 1767 agreement between Governor William Tryon and Cherokee Indians in regard to boundary between colonial settlement and Cherokee lands. Includes historical commentary.; Format: document

Cheoah Lake in Graham County, North Carolina: This is Cheoah Lake in Graham County, North Carolina. It is the reservoir formed by the Little Tennessee River running through the Cheoah Dam. The dam was started in 1916 and finished in 1919. The dam is controlled by Fontana Dam, part of the Tennesee Valley...; Format: image/photograph

Cheoah Dam in Graham County, North Carolina: This is Cheoah Dam. The dam was started in 1916 and finished in 1919. It is controlled by Fontana Dam, part of the Tennesee Valley Authority. "Cheoah" is the Cherokee word for "otter." This dam was used to film a scene in the 1993 movie The Fugitive starring...; Format: image/photograph

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