Museum of the Cherokee People

Buffalotown Pop-Up Shop
2025-12-05 11:00 - 17:00 (America/Kentucky/Monticello) | Museum of the Cherokee People, 589 Tsali Blvd, Cherokee, NC, 28719, United States
Find apparel for everyone on your list at Buffalotown’s pop-up!

Tribal Museums Day
2025-12-06 09:00 - 17:00 | Museum of the Cherokee People, 589 Tsali Blvd, Cherokee, NC, 28719, United States
Tribal Museums Day is back!
Began in 2022 by the Association on American Indian Affairs, Tribal Museums Day celebrates our collective creativity, Indigeneity, and resiliency by offering free admission to tribal museums across the country, including Museum of the Cherokee People.
Visit and enjoy a free self-guided tour of three exhibitions at the tribal museum of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians located on the Qualla Boundary in beautiful Cherokee, North Carolina.

Cherokee History & Stories Workshop Series
2025-12-07 15:00 - 16:30 | Museum of the Cherokee People – Education Wing
Kathi Littlejohn, an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, has been telling Cherokee stories for more than 40 years at events, festivals, and schools. She has been leading Cherokee history tours for five years to historically and culturally significant places in Western North Carolina. She has produced four CDs of Cherokee stories: ‘Cherokee Legends,’ Volume I, II, and III and ‘Cherokee Stories of the Supernatural,’ available at select gift shops. She also completed a series of YouTube videos named “Cherokee History and Stories, “What Happened Here?”

Holiday Sip & Shop in the Museum Store
2025-12-12 16:00 - 18:00 | Museum of the Cherokee People, 589 Tsali Blvd, Cherokee, NC, 28719, United States
Find gifts for everyone on your list at the Museum of the Cherokee People Store. From apparel to home goods, books, accessories, and more, shop special deals while sipping on seasonal beverages at this festive celebration.

Opening Late at 1pm
2025-12-19 13:00 - 17:00

Museum & Store Closed
2025-12-24 - 2025-12-25, 2025-12-31 - 2026-01-01

Closed For Inventory
2026-01-02 - 2026-01-09

Cherokee Language Workshop
2026-01-12 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-01-14 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-01-19 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-01-21 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-01-26 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-01-28 08:00 - 17:00 | Museum of the Cherokee People – Education Wing
Speak more Cherokee in 2026! Local second language learner group Aniyona leads a free Cherokee language workshop, open to all, at Museum of the Cherokee People for the month of January. Arrive early to secure your spot.

Museum & Store Opening at 10:30am
2026-01-13 10:30 - 17:00
Due to expected winter weather, Museum of the Cherokee People will open on delay. Please check our Google and social media pages for further updates.

Museum Closed
2026-01-15, 2026-01-25, 2026-01-26

Museum Closing Early at 1pm
2026-01-24 09:00 - 13:00

Museum Opening Late
2026-01-27 10:30 - 17:00

Museum Closed
2026-02-02 - 2026-02-03, 2026-02-02
MotCP is closed due to ongoing weather conditions.
Please monitor our social media and Google listing before visiting for the most up-to-date information.

Cherokee History & Stories
2026-02-02 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-03-02 17:00 - 18:00

Fingerweaving Fridays
2026-02-06 14:30 - 16:30, 2026-02-13 14:30 - 16:30, 2026-02-20 14:30 - 16:30, 2026-02-27 14:30 - 16:30
Bring a current project or begin a new one using the Museum’s supplies.

Cherokee History & Stories
2026-02-09 17:00 - 18:00 | Museum of the Cherokee People – Education Wing
Kathi Littlejohn (EBCI) leads an informal lecture in the TJ Holland Education Room.

Books on the Boundary: 'The Bone Thief' by Vanessa Lillie (Cherokee Nation)
2026-02-18 17:30 - 19:00
Books on the Boundary: A Museum of the Cherokee People Reading Circle is a quarterly book club for members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and guests. Club meetings take place on-site at the Museum Store unless otherwise noted.
Winter’s Read: The Bone Thief by Vanessa Lillie (Cherokee Nation)
When a Native teenager vanishes from her small town—a place with dark ties to an elite historical society—archaeologist Syd Walker is called to investigate…from bestselling author Vanessa Lillie.
In the hours before dawn at a local summer camp, Bureau of Indian Affairs archaeologist Syd Walker receives an alarming call: newly discovered skeletal remains have been stolen. Not only have bones gone missing, but a Native teen girl has disappeared near the camp, and law enforcement dismisses her family’s fears.
As Syd investigates both crimes, she’s drawn into a world of privileged campers and their wealthy parents—most of them members of the Founders Society, an exclusive club whose members trace their lineage to the first colonists and claim ancestral rights to the land, despite fierce objections from the local tribal community. And it’s not the first time something—or someone—has gone missing from the camp.
The deeper Syd digs, the more she realizes these aren’t isolated incidents. A pattern of disappearances stretches back generations, all leading to the Founders Society’s doorstep. But exposing the truth means confronting not just the town’s most powerful families, but also a legacy of violence that refuses to stay buried.
From the national bestselling author of Blood Sisters (a Washington Post Best Mystery of the Year and Target Book Club pick) comes a new Syd Walker novel that proves the sins of the past are destined to repeat until the truth is finally unearthed.
