Cherokee NC "Festival of Native American People"

Visit Cherokee, North Carolina for the Festival of Native American Peoples. Located just minutes from Asheville.

This year our annual ... all » gathering of tribes from throughout the Americas expands into a showcase of native dance, art and culture. The Festival of Native Peoples is an exposition of non-competitive dance, storytelling and song performances expressing the collected history, culture, tradition and wisdom of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. And for 2007, juried artists and artisans will also display, show and sell their beautiful work. The Cherokee Festival of Native Peoples is unique event that is not to be missed.

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[adnihilis]

I spent a day in Cherokee. As a city-Indian, raised in someone else's environment, I'd never had any direct contact with my own heritage. When I made the trek here, I was dismayed at what I saw. Neon signs. Colored-water theme parks. Stores with stereotypical trinkets from other tribes than the Cherokee. It's our reservation, not an attraction for white people to gawk at like it's Disneyland. It made me literally cry, and heh, I never cry. THIS was what happened to my homeland?

[hwiseman1]

We will return and will regain our culture. All people use modern technology...but the outward appearance is not the true culture,it's the relationship we have with Creator, our mother earth and all fellow five-fingered. We will return, according to the prophecies. Do not lose hope, my people. He will not allow us to disappear but we must love our brothers, fullbloods, mixed bloods, red,black, yellow, white...all Cherokees (and all other humans). Do not lose hope.

[nosupa]

@WorldFrontlineMedia There are not "EXTINCT." It's it the way they live that is EXTINCT simply because of Modern Tech. Which i totally hate.. But there isn't a choice is there?

[WorldFrontlineMedia]

@adnihilis would you mind if I as a white person.. not born in the USA, came on holiday to the USA, and wanted to see some Native Americans, I thought most of you was exstinct, but it would be amazeing to see that your culture is still around in 2012? if it still is, the last of the mohicans was a great film about your people. I would like to learn more about your kind if it is still possible.

[lizardjoel]

@Sater1971 I am a mixed White-Cherokee and i speak our language ᎣᏲᎱᏏ ᏏᏳᎳ

and our people originally came from western Asia..........

[CherokeeSlave]

we dont like to mix my mother and father both are cherokee and white i dated full blood and half breeds like myself and whites when i dated full bloods i was treated like it was my faullt my lineage was watered down.......doesnt make me less cherokee or less proud im native ..... segregation is the only way to save what we have and i dont see that happening sad really

[Sater1971]

@MISSYAQUIHEAD American natives people like to mix that is the problem and dont speak and teach theri language. AND ARE TO SHY. native american are also rfom asia but they were first in america. The native women like to have white men or african, how will u keep your culture, look at asian indians..

[Sater1971]

@hwiseman1 the cherokees like to mix how will they kepp their culture.. look at asian indians, they dont mix easily even they got colonized..

[xXLikeAbosSXx09]

@Kingpinn24 theres nothing wrong with smiling and taking photos at a museum. have you ever thought that MAYBE they were fascinated & happy at what they saw? unclenched those ass cheeks.

[Kingpinn24]

@hwiseman1 Yahuwah save & restore our blood revive Ysra'el

[Kingpinn24]

@adnihilis i went to "American Indian" museum in washington and it ws so horrible to see all the white tourists smiling and taking pics as if this were some great enjoyable event. They ruined everything stole everythng it ws one of the saddest thngs / places ive evr been.