The powerful exhibit “We Are Cherokee: Cherokee Freedmen and the Right to Citizenship” returns Nov. 1, 2025, through April 26, 2026, at the Cherokee Nation Anna Mitchell Cultural and Welcome Center in Vinita, Oklahoma.
First displayed at the Cherokee National History Museum in 2022, the exhibit shares the history of slavery in Cherokee Nation, the resilience of Cherokee Freedmen and their descendants, and their long struggle to protect treaty-guaranteed rights to citizenship.
Through family stories, photographs, documents, artwork and artifacts, this unique exhibit honors the right of Cherokee Freedmen to tell their own history.
Don’t miss the chance to experience this moving story of perseverance and identity.
