Title: Raccoon Figure
Artist: Boyce Allison
Date: 1960-1966
Location: North Carolina
Culture: Eastern Band of Cherokee
Medium: Buckeye wood
Size: 43.5 x 10 x 17 cm
Source: National Museum of the American Indian
Source: Cherokee Studies
Title: Raccoon Figure
Artist: Boyce Allison
Date: 1960-1966
Location: North Carolina
Culture: Eastern Band of Cherokee
Medium: Buckeye wood
Size: 43.5 x 10 x 17 cm
Source: National Museum of the American Indian
Source: Cherokee Studies
Eastern Cherokees work to teach language to new generations
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina is creating new generations of Cherokee language speakers.The tribe opened the New Kituwah Academy in 2004. The school immerses students in the Cherokee language at an early age.
Source: Cherokee Studies