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  • A visit to the Museum of the Cherkoee Indian is an educational experience for the whole family—something you'll always remember. For here is the most complete collection of Cherokee Indian artifacts in existence. Rescued from burial grounds and ancient camp sites dating back 10,000 years, they trace the Red Man's history from the time of the Dawn Age to the present. They tell of story of what a people without knowledge of metal achieved in the way of tools, household utensils, ornaments, money and weapons. THE MUSEUM OF THE CHEROKEE INDIAN CHEROKEE, NORTH CAROLINA Dramatically displayed in the most modern museum technique, artifacts of cane, stone, bone, shell and wood have been arranged to spell out in simplicity the story of the Cherokee Indian. From them emerges a vivid picture of day-to-day life as the Cherokee lived it—the foods they ate and how they prepared them; what they wore; their games and religious rites; their unique language and religious beliefs. Here you will see the ancient rifled blowgun with its poisoned dart . . . the great bow that hurled its flight arrow more than 400 yards . . . the grotesque hand-carved ritual masks of the medicine men . . . the delicate and laboriously chipped arrowheads and spearpoints of crystal and quartz and flint . . . stone axes, some weighing 14 pounds . . . celts, chisels, and hammers of stone . . . fine ritual pipes of stone and clay and catlinite, elaborately carved and uncarved. Even the visitor who's "seen everything" finds something new in the Museum of the Cherokee Indian—a rare storehouse crowded with treasures of an ancient civilization. Located in the village of Cherokee, capital of the largest concentration of Indians in Eastern America, the museum is housed in a rustic log building at the intersection of U. S. Highways 441 and 19. OPEN DAILY 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. May through October MUSEUM ADMISSIONS ADULTS 50 cents CHILDREN (8-16) 25 cents
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