Cherokee, NC

KITUWAH MOUND

One of the oldest known Cherokee towns in the Appalachians.

June 22, 2008

We drove through the Smoky Mountain National Park to get to Cherokee, NC. There we visited the Museum of the Cherokee, the Kituwah Mound, and the Cherokee Casino. Cherokee, NC, is the home to the Eastern Band of Cherokees. This is a separate tribe from the Cherokee Nation, located in Oklahoma. This tribe is made up of Cherokees from North Carolina who were able to keep their land and did not have to move west along the Trail of Tears.