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SUMMARY:Polymer Clay Mask Making Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Learn the process of using polymer clay to create a mask. Participants will learn Michelle’s techniques for forming clay and the tools she uses to best help her process. Every participant will leave with their own handcrafted polymer mask. \nThis class is ideal for folks who are interested in mask creating using non-traditional mediums. \nMuseum-provided materials and instruction are included with a $30 fee\, payable online during time of registration. \nStudents should purchase before class begins on December 13th: \n\nApron\, or clothes that can get messy\nClay tools\n1 Polymer Clay block per person (Museum will provide one block of white polymer clay\, feel free to purchase more if you want specific colors)\n1 Exacto knife per person\nClay tools\nSomething egg-shaped like a rock\, egg foam ball per person\n(Optional) Notetaking materials.\n(Optional) A snack and/or water bottle. Filtered water is available in the building.
URL:https://motcp.org/event/polymer-clay-mask-making-workshop/
LOCATION:Museum of the Cherokee People\, 589 Tsali Blvd\, Cherokee\, NC\, 28719\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Learning,Education
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241210
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SUMMARY:Museum Closed - Winter Hours
DESCRIPTION:Through winter\, Museum of the Cherokee People and the Museum Store will be closed on Mondays. MotCP’s administrative offices remain open.
URL:https://motcp.org/event/museum-closed-winter-hours/2024-12-09/
LOCATION:Museum of the Cherokee People\, 589 Tsali Blvd\, Cherokee\, NC\, 28719\, United States
CATEGORIES:Holidays
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241202
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241203
DTSTAMP:20260603T190009
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LAST-MODIFIED:20241216T224009Z
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SUMMARY:Museum Closed - Winter Hours
DESCRIPTION:Through winter\, Museum of the Cherokee People and the Museum Store will be closed on Mondays. MotCP’s administrative offices remain open.
URL:https://motcp.org/event/museum-closed-winter-hours/2024-12-02/
LOCATION:Museum of the Cherokee People\, 589 Tsali Blvd\, Cherokee\, NC\, 28719\, United States
CATEGORIES:Holidays
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20241108T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20241108T170000
DTSTAMP:20260603T190009
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SUMMARY:Charlie Soap (Cherokee Nation) Biography Book Signing with Author Greg Shaw
DESCRIPTION:You probably know the story of the late Wilma Mankiller\, the first woman to serve as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation. However\, you might not recognize her husband\, Charlie Soap (Cherokee Nation)\, whose role as a Native community organizer is no less significant. Combining memoir\, history\, and current affairs\, this book charts for the first time the life and work of this influential Cherokee. In managing public infrastructure projects\, housing assistance\, and water development in the Cherokee Nation\, Soap exemplifies ga-du-gi\, the Cherokee word for community members working together for the collective good.\n\n\n\nOklahoma native Greg Shaw has reported for the Cherokee Advocate and served as an executive for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In telling this stories\, he gives voice to his sources. As a longtime colleague and friend of the family\, Greg draws on his many travels and interviews with Soap as well as previously unpublished writings.
URL:https://motcp.org/event/charlie-soap-cherokee-nation-biography-book-signing-with-author-greg-shaw/
LOCATION:Museum of the Cherokee People\, 589 Tsali Blvd\, Cherokee\, NC\, 28719\, United States
CATEGORIES:Museum Store
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20241107T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20241107T193000
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SUMMARY:Kuwohi Talk
DESCRIPTION:Museum of the Cherokee People is honored to welcome Mary Crowe (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) and Lavita Hill (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)\, advocates who successfully led the effort to restore the name of Kuwohi (formerly known as Clingman’s Dome) in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. \nIn this conversation\, held on November 7 at 5pm in the Museum’s Multipurpose Room\, Crowe and Hill will share their experience in restoring the name of this sacred place\, from their initial inspiration to that day in September 2024 when the U.S. Board of Geographic Names officially made the historic change. This event is free of charge and open to all.
URL:https://motcp.org/event/kuwohi-talk/
LOCATION:Museum of the Cherokee People\, 589 Tsali Blvd\, Cherokee\, NC\, 28719\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20241025T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20241029T170000
DTSTAMP:20260603T190009
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SUMMARY:Qualla-Ween: Museum of the Cherokee People’s Haunted Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to your first day as a security guard at the Museum of the Cherokee People! As part of your training\, you’ll need to be aware that staff have reported some eerie sounds and mysterious sights around the museum. There have even been stories of things going bump in the night. Are you ready to investigate these strange occurrences and ensure the museum is secure before closing time? Tickets available exclusively at the Museum box office. Tours are offered every half-hour. Last tour at departs at 4:30pm.  \n \nCherokee\, North Carolina is the place to be this Halloween! Qualla-Ween is a collaboration between Cherokee’s cultural partners. \nIn addition to the Museum’s haunted exhibit\, experience: \nSgili Hunt at Oconaluftee Indian VillageHunt for the paranormal on a guided tour through the Village after darkOctober 17th-19th\, 24th-26th\, 31st\n\nLegendary Fears: The Raven Mocker ScreamsThis haunted house at Mountainside Theatre is based on the Cherokee legend of the Raven MockerOctober 24th-31st\n\nKids’ Fest at Qualla Arts & CraftsStorytelling and craft classes that are fun for the whole familyOctober 25th-27th\n\nMurder Mystery hosted by the Sequoyah FundTravel through downtown Cherokee to solve the latest murder mysteryOctober 25th-27th
URL:https://motcp.org/event/qualla-ween-museum-of-the-cherokee-peoples-haunted-exhibit/2024-10-25/3/
LOCATION:Museum of the Cherokee People\, 589 Tsali Blvd\, Cherokee\, NC\, 28719\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20241025T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20241025T170000
DTSTAMP:20260603T190009
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SUMMARY:Qualla-Ween: Museum of the Cherokee People’s Haunted Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to your first day as a security guard at the Museum of the Cherokee People! As part of your training\, you’ll need to be aware that staff have reported some eerie sounds and mysterious sights around the museum. There have even been stories of things going bump in the night. Are you ready to investigate these strange occurrences and ensure the museum is secure before closing time? Tickets available exclusively at the Museum box office. Tours are offered every half-hour. Last tour at departs at 4:30pm.  \n \nCherokee\, North Carolina is the place to be this Halloween! Qualla-Ween is a collaboration between Cherokee’s cultural partners. \nIn addition to the Museum’s haunted exhibit\, experience: \nSgili Hunt at Oconaluftee Indian VillageHunt for the paranormal on a guided tour through the Village after darkOctober 17th-19th\, 24th-26th\, 31st\n\nLegendary Fears: The Raven Mocker ScreamsThis haunted house at Mountainside Theatre is based on the Cherokee legend of the Raven MockerOctober 24th-31st\n\nKids’ Fest at Qualla Arts & CraftsStorytelling and craft classes that are fun for the whole familyOctober 25th-27th\n\nMurder Mystery hosted by the Sequoyah FundTravel through downtown Cherokee to solve the latest murder mysteryOctober 25th-27th
URL:https://motcp.org/event/qualla-ween-museum-of-the-cherokee-peoples-haunted-exhibit/2024-10-25/1/
LOCATION:Museum of the Cherokee People\, 589 Tsali Blvd\, Cherokee\, NC\, 28719\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20240920T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20240922T140000
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SUMMARY:Confluence: An Indigenous Writers' Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Save the date! Confluence: An Indigenous Writers’ Workshop returns for its second year. Created in partnership with author and MotCP board member Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)\, the series of workshops offers citizens of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians access to high-quality writing instruction from the world’s top Indigenous writers at no cost. \nTwo tracks are offered during Confluence: Christine Day (Upper Skagit Indian Tribe)\, author of the acclaimed middle-grade novel We Still Belong\, leads a track focused on Young Adult Fiction. Calling For A Blanket Dance author Oscar Hokeah (Cherokee Nation\, Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma) will instruct participants in the art of Literary Fiction. Each track will foster a welcoming environment for creative expression\, discussion\, and exchange. Space is limited\, and registration is required. \n \nMeet the Workshop Leaders\n \nChristine Day (Upper Skagit Indian Tribe)\nChristine Day is a citizen of the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe. Her first novel\, I Can Make This Promise\, was a best book of the year from NPR\, as well as a Charlotte Huck Award Honor Book\, and an American Indian Youth Literature Award Honor Book. Her second novel\, The Sea in Winter\, was a Top 10 Indie Kids’ Next selection\, a finalist for the Pacific Northwest Book Award\, and an American Indian Youth Literature Award Honor Book. She also wrote She Persisted: Maria Tallchief\, a biography in Chelsea Clinton’s book series about inspirational women. \nHer most recent book\, We Still Belong\, was released in the summer of 2023. In this warm hug of a novel\, award-winning author Day assures readers that even with all the very real problems they may face\, they are worthy\, their voices matter—and they belong. \nChristine lives with her family in the rainy and resplendent Pacific Northwest. \n \n \n\nOscar Hokeah (Cherokee Nation\, Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma)\nOscar Hokeah is a regionalist Native American writer of literary fiction\, interested in capturing intertribal\, transnational\, and multicultural aspects within two tribally specific communities: Tahlequah and Lawton\, Oklahoma.  He was raised inside these tribal circles and continues to reside there today. He is a citizen of Cherokee Nation and the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma from his mother (Hokeah and Stopp families)\, and he has Mexican heritage from his father (Chavez family) who emigrated from Aldama\, Chihuahua\, Mexico. Oscar’s debut novel was recently longlisted for the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. \nHe holds an M.A. in English from the University of Oklahoma\, with a concentration in Native American Literature. He also holds a B.F.A. in Creative Writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA)\, with a minor in Indigenous Liberal Studies. He is a recipient of the Truman Capote Scholarship Award through IAIA\, and also a winner of the Native Writer Award through the Taos Summer Writers Conference. Hokeah has written for Poets & Writers\, Literary Hub\, World Literature Today\, American Short Fiction\, and elsewhere.
URL:https://motcp.org/event/confluence-an-indigenous-writers-workshop/
LOCATION:Museum of the Cherokee People\, 589 Tsali Blvd\, Cherokee\, NC\, 28719\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Learning,Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20240809T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20240809T183000
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SUMMARY:MotCP After Hours: Welcome Home\, Recent Acquisitions
DESCRIPTION:Engage with the vibrant color and movement of contemporary artworks by Luke Swimmer (EBCI) and Brenda Mallory (Cherokee Nation).  \nAdmire the exquisite craftsmanship and details of baskets\, wearable art\, and traditional crafts by Amanda Smoker (EBCI)\, Eva Bigwitch (EBCI)\, Hayes Lossiah (EBCI)\, and makers once known. Peer into the past as our team showcases selections from recently acquired photographs\, including highlights from the collection of the Bureau of Indian Affairs\, and archival documents from Principal Chief John Ross (Cherokee Nation) and William Holland Thomas.  \nThis event is free of charge\, and all are welcome.
URL:https://motcp.org/event/motcp-after-hours-welcome-home-recent-acquisitions/
LOCATION:Museum of the Cherokee People\, 589 Tsali Blvd\, Cherokee\, NC\, 28719\, United States
CATEGORIES:Collections,Community,Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20240713T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20240713T160000
DTSTAMP:20260603T190009
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SUMMARY:Professional Development Workshop for Cherokee Artists
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, industry professionals will work with participants to give them the tools to showcase their work online and maintain an online presence. This opportunity is open to enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and presented by Museum of the Cherokee People in collaboration with Mountain Bizworks. \nSchedule\n10am-12:30pm: Optimizing Your Online Presence: Websites\, Online Sales\, & Communications (with LOAM Marketing)\nThis seminar will define the main pillars of a successful website\, demystify SEO (search engine optimization)\, and explore best practices for setting up and maintaining a webshop. At the close of this segment\, seminar participants will have a clearer understanding of their next steps towards a vibrant online presence\, and the confidence to move forward with tips and tricks in their back pockets. \n12:30pm-1:30pm: Lunch (Provided) \n1:30pm-4pm: Simple Product Photography: Creating Effective Product & Promotional Images (with LOAM Marketing)\nThis workshop will focus on the components of successful promotional images and product photos. Whether participants have a DSLR camera or are using a smartphone\, they will walk away with a strategy to optimize their photography set up in their own studios. Participants need to bring a smartphone to the workshop.  \nClick here to register.\nCraft Your Commerce is an entrepreneurial program designed to connect\, elevate and advance creative and craft-centered companies through a series of business training workshops and classes designed by makers for makers. CYC envisions a growing\, engaged\, and sustainable creative community that is a major economic driver to the WNC region.
URL:https://motcp.org/event/professional-development-workshop-for-cherokee-artists/
LOCATION:Museum of the Cherokee People\, 589 Tsali Blvd\, Cherokee\, NC\, 28719\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Community Learning
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20240626T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20240626T193000
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SUMMARY:Books on the Boundary: The Berry Pickers
DESCRIPTION: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. This summer\, the club has selected The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (Mi’kmaq and settler ancestry). The 2023 novel is a national bestseller\, 2023 Barnes & Noble Discover Prize Winner\, and Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. \n“A stunning debut about love\, race\, brutality\, and the balm of forgiveness.” —People\, A Best New Book \nAbout The Berry Pickers\nJuly 1962. A Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later\, four-year-old Ruthie\, the family’s youngest child\, vanishes. She is last seen by her six-year-old brother\, Joe\, sitting on a favorite rock at the edge of a berry field. Joe will remain distraught by his sister’s disappearance for years to come. \nIn Maine\, a young girl named Norma grows up as the only child of an affluent family. Her father is emotionally distant\, her mother frustratingly overprotective. Norma is often troubled by recurring dreams and visions that seem more like memories than imagination. As she grows older\, Norma slowly comes to realize there is something her parents aren’t telling her. Unwilling to abandon her intuition\, she will spend decades trying to uncover this family secret. \nFor readers of The Vanishing Half and Woman of Light\, this showstopping debut by a vibrant new voice in fiction is a riveting novel about the search for truth\, the shadow of trauma\, and the persistence of love across time. \n“A harrowing tale of Indigenous family separation . . . [Peters] excels in writing characters for whom we can’t help rooting . . . With The Berry Pickers\, Peters takes on the monumental task of giving witness to people who suffered through racist attempts of erasure like her Mi’kmaw ancestors.” —The New York Times Book Review \nAbout the Author\nAmanda Peters is a writer of Mi’kmaq and settler ancestry. Her debut novel\, The Berry Pickers was the winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and the 2023 Barnes & Noble Discover Prize\, and was shortlisted for the Atwood Gibson Fiction Award from the Writers Trust of Canada. Her work has also appeared in the Antigonish Review\, Grain Magazine\, the Alaska Quarterly Review\, the Dalhousie Review and Filling Station Magazine. She is the winner of the 2021 Indigenous Voices Award for Unpublished Prose and a participant in the 2021 Writers’ Trust Rising Stars program. Amanda is a graduate of the Master of Fine Arts Program at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe\, New Mexico\, and has a Certificate in Creative Writing from the University of Toronto. \nAbout Books on the Boundary\nNew in 2024\, Books on the Boundary: A Museum of the Cherokee People Reading Circle is a quarterly book club that discusses the best fiction\, nonfiction\, and poetry written by Indigenous authors. Join us quarterly at the Museum of the Cherokee People Store\, and join our online community for book discussion and selecting future books to read.
URL:https://motcp.org/event/books-on-the-boundary-the-berry-pickers/
LOCATION:Museum of the Cherokee People\, 589 Tsali Blvd\, Cherokee\, NC\, 28719\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books on the Boundary,Community Learning
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20240524T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20240524T193000
DTSTAMP:20260603T190009
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SUMMARY:ᏗᏓᏂᏏᏍᎩ ᎦᏓᏆᏟ Didanisisgi Gadagwatli: A Showcase of Pottery from the Mud Dauber Community Workshop at the Museum of the Cherokee People
DESCRIPTION:An exhibition of work by students in the Museum of the Cherokee People’s annual community learning pottery workshop\, led by renowned ceramic artist Tara McCoy (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)\, Didanisisgi Gadagwatli showcases the dedication of a new era of Cherokee artists. \nMcCoy developed her pottery workshop three years ago when she noticed a decline in practicing ceramic artists in the Cherokee community. Compelled to do her part in ensuring that there are future generations of Cherokee potters\, she developed a three-month intensive workshop that invites aspiring potters from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and other federally recognized tribes to learn all facets of Cherokee ceramics. \nExhibited Artists: Mona Taylor (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)\, Faith Long-Presley (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)\, Steven Long (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)\, Chelsea Hemphill (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)\, Hope Long (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)\, Jake Stephens (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)\, Lori Sanders (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)\, Monique Taylor (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)\, Juanita Paz-Chalacha (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)\, Kaliya Wachacha (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)\, Adelia Crowe (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) \nAbout the Instructor: Tara McCoy (Eastern Band Cherokee)\, graduated from Cherokee High School and furthered her education at Guilford College in Greensboro\, NC.  She graduated with a B.S. degree in Sports Medicine. After graduating\, she returned to the Qualla Boundary in Cherokee\, North Carolina and worked in various programs including Cherokee High School/Coaching\, UNITY Treatment Center\, Dora Reed Daycare and Women’s Health before settling down into a role at Cherokee Choices\, a Diabetes Prevention Program\, for 14 years. She currently serves as the Right Path Leadership Specialist at the Ray Kinsland Leadership Institute where her role is to help develop selfless leaders deeply rooted in Cherokee culture identity and leadership through teaching Cherokee values\, culture\, history\, and language. \nShe is a 2011 Right Path Program Alumni\, a 2011 Remember the Removal Bike Ride Legacy Rider\, founder and supporter of the Cherokee Cancer Support Group\, artist member of the Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual\, Inc. and promotes Cherokee art by organizing and teaching art shows and classes in her community.  A member of the Wolf Clan\, she has a lifetime’s experience in multi-medium Cherokee arts and is dedicated to teaching others both traditional and contemporary forms. \nShe began formally studying pottery\, finger weaving\, and beadwork in high school and has expanded her skills in the area of shell carving in the last four years after studying with renowned shell carver Dan Townsend. She has studied with Tammy Beane of Alabama and admired other Cherokee potters for their work\, such as Joel Queen and the late Amanda Swimmer.  McCoy is inspired by her culture\, Cherokee legends\, and nature as she crafts her designs. Her art has won multiple awards and ribbons in North Carolina and Oklahoma as well as being exhibited in museums across the country. McCoy believes everyone is an artist. She lives in the Birdtown community of Cherokee. \n 
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LOCATION:Museum of the Cherokee People\, 589 Tsali Blvd\, Cherokee\, NC\, 28719\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Learning,Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20240523T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20240523T193000
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SUMMARY:Member Appreciation Night
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening celebrating you: our members! Enjoy behind-the-scenes tours\, refreshments\, and conversation at this exclusive after-hours event. \nPast members are invited to renew their memberships\, ensuring they continue to be a part of our vibrant community\, and current members can learn more about how to upgrade their memberships\, tailoring their support to match their evolving interests and engagement. Not a member of the Museum of the Cherokee People? Join today. \nRSVP to Development Specialist Jeremy Hyatt (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) at Jeremy.hyatt@motcp.org\, by May 16.
URL:https://motcp.org/event/member-appreciation-night/
LOCATION:Museum of the Cherokee People\, 589 Tsali Blvd\, Cherokee\, NC\, 28719\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,For Members
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240516
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240517
DTSTAMP:20260603T190009
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SUMMARY:Community Listening Session
DESCRIPTION:The Museum of the Cherokee People actively seeks input from the community for the update of its main exhibition. In the early phases of reimagining the exhibit\, last renovated in 1998\, Museum leadership will hold a listening session at the Museum\, encouraging members of Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to share their visions for a community-centered\, community-voiced exhibit. \nThe main exhibit update is part of the Museum’s ambitious plans to prioritize self-representation in its exhibits and offerings\, create an accessible space for all Cherokee people\, and increase the safety of the objects in its care using museum best practices and Cherokee cultural protocols. \nAttendees will be able to view and share feedback on conceptual drawings for the Museum’s future offsite collections housing and public facility. Complimentary dinner will be served.
URL:https://motcp.org/event/community-listening-session/
LOCATION:Museum of the Cherokee People\, 589 Tsali Blvd\, Cherokee\, NC\, 28719\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20240319T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20240331T170000
DTSTAMP:20260603T190009
CREATED:20240322T121326Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240322T121333Z
UID:10000031-1710838800-1711904400@motcp.org
SUMMARY:Museum Store Spring Cleaning Sale
DESCRIPTION:Sale applies to select merchandise only. All sale items are final sale and are not eligible for returns or exchanges. Items included in the sale are not eligible for additional discounts.\n\nThe Museum Store is open daily from 9am-5pm.
URL:https://motcp.org/event/museum-store-spring-cleaning-sale/
LOCATION:Museum of the Cherokee People\, 589 Tsali Blvd\, Cherokee\, NC\, 28719\, United States
CATEGORIES:Museum Store
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20240228T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20240228T200000
DTSTAMP:20260603T190009
CREATED:20240202T212842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240213T154456Z
UID:10000026-1709143200-1709150400@motcp.org
SUMMARY:Books on the Boundary: A Museum of the Cherokee People Reading Circle - 'Even As We Breathe'
DESCRIPTION:Books on the Boundary: A Museum of the Cherokee People Reading Circle is a quarterly book club that discusses the best fiction\, nonfiction\, and poetry written by Indigenous authors. Join us quarterly at the Museum of the Cherokee People Store. Our Winter 2024 read is Even As We Breathe\, a suspenseful historical fiction novel by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians). Bring your thoughts and questions to our meeting as we enjoy a Q&A with the author herself!\n\n“Nineteen-year-old Cowney Sequoyah yearns to escape his hometown of Cherokee\, North Carolina\, in the heart of the Smoky Mountains. When a summer job at Asheville’s luxurious Grove Park Inn and Resort brings him one step closer to escaping the hills that both cradle and suffocate him\, he sees it as an opportunity. With World War II raging in Europe\, the inn is the temporary home of Axis diplomats and their families\, who are being held as prisoners of war. Soon\, Cowney’s refuge becomes a cage when the daughter of one of the residents goes missing and he finds himself accused of abduction and murder.\n\nEven As We Breathe invokes the elements of bone\, blood\, and flesh as Cowney navigates difficult social\, cultural\, and ethnic divides. After leaving the seclusion of the Cherokee reservation\, he is able to explore a future free from the consequences of his family’s choices and to construct a new worldview\, for a time. However\, prejudice and persecution in the white world of the resort eventually compel Cowney to free himself from larger forces that hold him back as he struggles to unearth evidence of his innocence and clear his name.”\n\nEven As We Breathe is available for purchase at the Museum Store and in our webstore.\n\nKeep up with book club happenings by joining our Books on the Boundary Facebook group.
URL:https://motcp.org/event/books-on-the-boundary-a-museum-of-the-cherokee-people-reading-circle-even-as-we-breathe/
LOCATION:Museum of the Cherokee People\, 589 Tsali Blvd\, Cherokee\, NC\, 28719\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books on the Boundary,Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20240223T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20240224T160000
DTSTAMP:20260603T190009
CREATED:20240213T220120Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240213T220215Z
UID:10000027-1708678800-1708790400@motcp.org
SUMMARY:Rivercane Processing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join Waylon Long (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) and Museum of the Cherokee People Atsila Anotasgi Cultural Specialist Dylan Morgan (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) to learn how to process (bust\, peel\, and shave) rivercane. This community learning opportunity is open exclusively to enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Space is limited\, and online registration is required. If you are unable to register using the link\, that means that this workshop is full. If you would like to be put on the waitlist please email programs@motcp.org with subject line “Rivercane Processing Workshop Waitlist.”
URL:https://motcp.org/event/rivercane-processing-workshop/
LOCATION:Museum of the Cherokee People\, 589 Tsali Blvd\, Cherokee\, NC\, 28719\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Learning
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20240127T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20240127T163000
DTSTAMP:20260603T190009
CREATED:20240126T212826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240126T214402Z
UID:10000024-1706356800-1706373000@motcp.org
SUMMARY:Buffalotown Pop-Up Shop
DESCRIPTION:Buffalotown Clothing Co. returns to the Museum of the Cherokee People for a pop-up shop from 12-4:30pm on Saturday\, January 27. The Cherokee-owned design and apparel company will have new designs of shorts\, shirts\, hoodies\, and stickers for sale. \nBuffalotown Clothing Co. is an Indigenous-owned company that embraces our Cherokee identity\, culture\, and language through our products and designs. Most of our designs have a story behind them and may resonate with you in your own way\, and that’s osda (good)! Learn more at thebuffalotown.com.
URL:https://motcp.org/event/buffalotown-pop-up-shop/
LOCATION:Museum of the Cherokee People\, 589 Tsali Blvd\, Cherokee\, NC\, 28719\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240106
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240111
DTSTAMP:20260603T190009
CREATED:20231228T161222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231228T161222Z
UID:10000022-1704499200-1704931199@motcp.org
SUMMARY:Museum & Store Closed for Staff Training
DESCRIPTION:The Museum and Store will be closed for staff training January 6-10\, reopening to the public January 11.
URL:https://motcp.org/event/museum-store-closed-for-staff-training/
LOCATION:Museum of the Cherokee People\, 589 Tsali Blvd\, Cherokee\, NC\, 28719\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20231229T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20231229T200000
DTSTAMP:20260603T190009
CREATED:20231121T231553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231207T232508Z
UID:10000012-1703872800-1703880000@motcp.org
SUMMARY:Party Like It’s 1998: A New Year for the Museum of the Cherokee People
DESCRIPTION:Join the Museum of the Cherokee People for a final look at its current main exhibit\, first opened in 1998\, and Disruption before we take the first steps toward a renovated museum! Enjoy conversations with Disruption and Gadugi Pottery Exhibit artists\, live entertainment\, a cash bar\, food trucks\, and opportunities to learn more about the Museum’s work in 2023 and beyond. Dress to impress in your 1998 best for a chance to win a prize! Admission is free for Museum members and members of federally recognized tribes. \nGet Tickets
URL:https://motcp.org/event/party-like-its-1998-a-new-year-for-the-museum-of-the-cherokee-people/
LOCATION:Museum of the Cherokee People\, 589 Tsali Blvd\, Cherokee\, NC\, 28719\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20231214T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Monticello:20231214T200000
DTSTAMP:20260603T190009
CREATED:20231207T232921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231207T232933Z
UID:10000013-1702573200-1702584000@motcp.org
SUMMARY:Holiday Pop-Up Market
DESCRIPTION:On December 14 from 5-8pm\, shop small\, shop local\, and shop Indigenous with us at MotCP’s Holiday Pop-Up Market. Interested artists and vendors can apply to participate here: bit.ly/3Roqigh
URL:https://motcp.org/event/holiday-pop-up-market/
LOCATION:Museum of the Cherokee People\, 589 Tsali Blvd\, Cherokee\, NC\, 28719\, United States
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