the square of the 19th century village

Three smoke stacks from the original four of the female seminary that was originally on this site. The Cherokee Nation Heritage Center is in the background.

 general store, outhouse, and one-room cabin on left

one-room schoolhouse

 outhouse

house in the 19th century village--this has two rooms, a large room with a bed, fireplace, rocking chair, and wardrobe with a small kitchen added at the back with sink and pump, stove, and table and chairs.

Entrance to the old village. Ahead you can see a mud and waddle winter house. Winter houses were kept at about 80-85 degrees during the winter. The old and very young stayed inside while the adults worked outdoors. All cooking was done outdoors year round.

Finger weaving--belts, shoes, and more

Blowgun demonstration. The four-year-old was helping because that is the age that boys began to use a blowgun--no poison darts were used.

Demonstrating traditional pottery making

Shooting the arrows they made with the bows they made.

Learning how to create stone tools.

 Looking up through the smoke hole.

Inside the winter council house at the traditional Cherokee village at Tahlequah during the Cherokee Nation Holiday.