Keli Gonzales: Drawn to Culture
Cherokee Nation citizen and multimedia artist Keli Gonzales is inspired by pop culture and Cherokee culture. The result is work that imaginatively interprets Cherokee identity in a unique and bold way. A new exhibit at the Cherokee Cultural Pathway features 11 large-scale reproductions demonstrating Gonzales’ distinct reflections on Cherokee identity today on display from Oct. […]
Bringing Our Story Home: The Repatriation of the Cherokee Advocate Printing Press
The Cherokee Advocate newspaper’s printing press was shut down in 1906, sold, and lost to the Cherokee Nation for more than 100 years. A new exhibit explores the press’s role in witnessing history and its 2024 repatriation to the Cherokee Nation. The exhibit will be on display at the Cherokee National Supreme Court Museum in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, from July 29, 2025, through July 11, 2026.
We Are Cherokee: Cherokee Freedmen & the Right to Citizenship
Explore the history and resilience of Cherokee Freedmen at the Anna Mitchell Cultural and Welcome Center, Nov. 1, 2025 – Apr. 26, 2026.
Trail of Tears Art Show
Since the First Fire: Cherokee Art
Since Cherokee people first told the story of the Water Spider who delivered the gift of fire in a vessel of her own invention, art has carried the soul of Cherokee culture. A new exhibit, “Since the First Fire: The Living Legacy of Cherokee Art,” explores the endurance of Cherokee artistic creation and features multiple […]
Louisa Soap: A Life of Learning
Cherokee National Treasure Louisa Soap has spent decades dedicating herself to traditional Cherokee art forms. A new exhibit at the Saline Courthouse Museum highlights how Louisa’s passion for learning, community, Cherokee culture and art is present in her basketry, beadwork and more. Plan your visit to see Louisa’s dedication to Cherokee culture and creativity. “Louisa […]
The First Cherokee Christmas
Discover the history of the first Christmas celebration in the Cherokee Nation in this perennial exhibit inspired by a small gathering in 1805.
Holiday Market
Shop authentic Cherokee art and handmade gifts at the Holiday Market, Sat., Dec. 13, at the Anna Mitchell Cultural & Welcome Center.
Christmas on the Square
Inside of the Cherokee National History Museum, check out our make and take area, where you can create a fun Christmas ornament to hang on your tree.
Ned Christie: The Man from Wauhillau
The Cherokee people know Ned Christie as a patriot who stood up for tribal sovereignty in the last decades before the allotment of Cherokee lands. Since the late 1800s, others – often non-Cherokees – have told stories of a reckless Indian outlaw who murdered a deputy U.S. Marshal and spread fear far and wide. Using recent scholarship, a new exhibit looks at Christie’s life and finds a more nuanced portrait of a man who served his Nation and ultimately met a violent end at the hands of his accusers.