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Cherokee Heritage Center, Park Hill, OK

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Cherokee Heritage Center

A Cherokee historical society and museum campus in Park Hill, near Tahlequah, focused on Cherokee history, language, and crafts.

Park Hill, OK

About Cherokee Heritage Center

The center, run by a nonprofit historical society, aims to protect Cherokee artifacts, language, and traditional crafts. It also houses the central genealogy database and research center for Cherokee people. It sits on the site of a mid-nineteenth-century Cherokee Seminary building, and its newer structure was built near the original. The center is a unit of the Cherokee National Historical Society and is sponsored by the Cherokee Nation, the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, and other regional tribes.

  • #Cherokee history
  • #Cherokee culture
  • #genealogy
  • #tribal heritage
  • #Oklahoma

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