Cherokee Voices Festival Slated Saturday, June 9
05/11/2012
Contact Info :  Barbara Duncan
Email :  bduncan@cherokeemuseum.org
Phone :  (828) 497-3481

The Museum of the Cherokee Indian will host the annual Cherokee Voices Festival on Saturday, June 9 at the Museum of the Cherokee Indian where visitors can experience traditional Cherokee dance, music, storytelling, 18th century arts and crafts, weapons, and living history.

The free event is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and celebrates thousands of years of tradition in the southern Appalachians with Cherokee people from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the state’s only federally recognized tribe.

This year’s festival kicks off the 250th anniversary of the journeys of Timberlake and Ostenaco, described in Emissaries of Peace; the 1762 Delegations. Visitors can also view an exhibition and meet Ostenaco and Timberlake in person, and enjoy the Warriors of AniKituwha presenting the dance that greeted Timberlake.

The Museum of the Cherokee Indian is located at 589 Tsali Blvd., Cherokee 28719.

For more information visit www.cherokeemuseum.org/events-voices.htm or contact the museum at (828) 497-3481.

The festival is sponsored by the Museum of the Cherokee Indian and the N.C. Arts Council.

About the North Carolina Arts Council

The North Carolina Arts Council works to make North Carolina The Creative State where a robust arts industry produces a creative economy, vibrant communities, children prepared for the 21st century and lives filled with discovery and learning. The Arts Council accomplishes this in partnership with artists and arts organizations, other organizations that use the arts to make their communities stronger and North Carolinians—young and old—who enjoy and participate in the arts. For more information visit www.ncarts.org.

About the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources

The N.C. Arts Council is a division of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, which annually serves more than 19 million people through its 27 historic sites, seven history museums, two art museums, the nation’s first state-supported Symphony Orchestra, the State Library, the N.C. Arts Council, and the State Archives.

The N.C. Department of Cultural Resources serves as a champion for North Carolina’s creative industry, which employs nearly 300,000 North Carolinians and contributes more than $41 billion to the state’s economy. To learn more, visit www.ncculture.com.