Insider Tidbits

• For frybread and Indian tacos try Lil' Harveys (11 am--4 pm) on Hwy 19 North across from the new casino hotel.
  
  
• If your group will be touring the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, call ahead to arrange for a speaker or storyteller from the Outreach staff.

Shopping

The following locally owned and operated shops carry authentic hand-made Cherokee arts and crafts.

At the intersection of Tsali Blvd. (Hwy. 441) and Drama Rd.:

• Museum of the Cherokee Indian Gift Shop
• Qualla Arts and Crafts Co-op
• FBI Traders (Full Blood Indian)
• Medicine Man Craft Shop
  

On Hwy 19 north of town:

• Bigmeet Pottery and House of Crafts
• Bear Meat's Indian Den (going up the mountain towards Maggie Valley)

Parks and Other Resources

• Cherokee Visitors Center
  498 Tsali Blvd. (Hwy 441)
  Cherokee NC 28719
  1 800 438-1601
  www.cherokee-nc.com
  
  
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park
  Oconaluftee Visitors Center and Mountain Farm Museum
  150 Hwy. 441 North, Cherokee NC 28719
  828 497-1940
  www.nps.gov/gsrsm
  
  
• Blue Ridge Parkway
  828 279-4771

Other Things to See and Do in Cherokee, N.C.

Museum of the Cherokee Indian
589 Tsali Blvd. (Hwy 441) PO Box 1599
Cherokee NC 28719
888 665-7249

Open year-round except Thanksgiving, Christmas,
and New Year's Day. Discounts for groups and AARP members.
Daily hours 9 am -- 5 pm. Summer hours 9 am --5 pm Memorial Day through Labor Day.

• Tour the new high-tech interactive exhibit at the Museum of the Cherokee Indian
  
  
• Hike to the quiet beauty of Mingo Falls
  
  
• Stroll through the living history c. 1750 of the Oconaluftee Indian Village, open April--October
  
  
• Experience the peaceful beauty of the Kituhwa Mound, once mother town of the Cherokees located on old Rt. 19 along the Tuckaseegee River.
  
  
• Enjoy the outdoor drama "Unto These Hills" June--August
  
  
• Camp at Deep Creek in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
  
  
• Photograph the elk herd at Cataloochee Valley in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
  
  
• Visit Soco Gap, Hwy 19 site of Tecumseh's speech to the Cherokee
  
  
• Take a leisurely drive to Clingman's Dome, elevation 6,634
  
  
• Fish tribal waters.
  
  
• Picnic at Talking Trees on Oconaluftee Island Park
  
  
• Walk the nature trail from the Mountain Farm Museum to the Qualla Boundary