Impulse Seesaws Open for Play 10am - 10pm!
·The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will showcase a variety of artist vendors with traditional and contemporary art including basketry, photography, clothing, copper and wood burning. They will also be hosting basket making, weaving, and carving demonstrations along with engaging participants in traditional Cherokee games.
Friday night will feature DJ Mike Key!
Saturday evening will feature Traditional Cherokee Dancing at 6:00pm, musical guest Luke Simmons and the Love Struck at 7:00pm along with a Storytelling around the fire by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians at 8:30pm!
Atsila Anotasgi Cultural Specialists:
Tristin Bottchenbaugh Dylan Morgan, Nola Teesatuskie, Lilyan Wright represent the Museum of the Cherokee Indian Atsila Anotasgi Cultural Specialists program. Their mission is to share aspects of Cherokee history and culture and they are very knowledgeable in traditional Cherokee arts, crafts, and weaponry, and storytelling.
Atsila Anotasgi (Fire Builders):
Atsila Anotasgi, the Cherokee word for “Fire Builders”, formerly known as the Cherokee Friends group, was created in the summer of 2019. A Museum of the Cherokee Indians group which focuses on Cultural Preservation through reconnecting with their Eastern Cherokee heritage. All members are enrolled Eastern Band of Cherokee citizens from Cherokee, N.C. Atsila Anotasgi are a group of motivated, passionate, young, artists, storytellers, singers, dancers, researchers, Cherokee language learners, and knowledge seekers who have a deep desire to discover who they are. This group helps to educate non-indigenous and indigenous communities about Eastern Cherokee belief systems, concepts, song and dance, and traditions through lectures, dance performances, art demonstrations, and storytelling sessions. The Atsila Anotasgi serve their community first and foremost but also anyone who would like to learn more about who they are as modern day Eastern Cherokee people of the Appalachian Mountains and how we came to be and still remain here in our ancestral homelands.
