Cherokee Blog
Posts from August 2016
Come to the 2016 Seven Clans Rodeo
Date: 8.16.2016
Get out your finest western wear and cowboy hat, because it is time for the fourth annual Seven Clans Rodeo in Cherokee, North Carolina. Yeehaw! Broncos, bulls, and rodeo clowns, oh my! Learn all the details here.
Read MoreUnto These Hills: More Than a Play
Date: 8.5.2016
To Mike Crowe, a Cherokee native who has performed in Unto These Hills for the last ten seasons, the play is more than a performance; it's a calling. "I feel it's a duty to our ancestors to bring these events to life and to allow the outside world to have a perspective on the events that transpired, and how they've shaped us as a people.” Read the blog for more commentary from the Unto These Hills 2016 cast.
Read MoreUnto These Hills: 66 Years & Counting
Date: 8.3.2016
Unto These Hills is one of the oldest historical dramas in the United States. It opened in Cherokee, NC, on July 1st, 1950, to critical acclaim, and has since thrilled millions of visitors, with many families returning year after year to watch the performance under a canopy of Cherokee stars. Check out these pictures from then and now to see how the drama, and venue, has changed in the last 66 years.
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