We Are Cherokee: Cherokee Freedmen and the Right to Citizenship
Cherokee Nation Owned
Address / Directions
Cherokee National History Museum
101 S. Muskogee Ave.
Tahlequah, OK 74464
August 11, 2022–July 8, 2023
This exhibit explores the history of Cherokee Freedmen through a historical look at chattel slavery’s beginnings in Cherokee Nation through slave emancipation and the legal fight Freedmen descendants endured to win recognition as Cherokee Nation citizens. The exhibit includes some of the images and stories contributed by families in the Cherokee Nation’s call for stories. It also features original artwork inspired by the Freedman experience.