TAKE away from us our sins, O Lord, we beseech YOu, that we may enter with pure minds into the Holy of Holies, Through Christ our Lord.
AUFER a nobis, quaesumus, Domine, iniquitates nostras: ut ad Sancta sanctorum puris mereamur mentibus inrroire. Per Christum Dominum nostrum.
AMEN
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NORTH CAROLINA SCENICS:
CHEROKEE, NC - JUNE, 1989: The Big Chief Gift Shop in Cherokee, North Carolina, is a popular roadside attraction and stop for tourists wanting to purchase 'Native-American' souvenirs. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Archive Photos/Getty Images).
Cherokee/ˈtʃɛrəkˌiː/ (Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩ, romanized: Tsalagi) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Swain and Jackson counties in Western North Carolina, United States, within the Qualla Boundary land trust. Cherokee is located in the Oconaluftee River Valley around the intersection of U.S. Routes 19 and 441. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 2,138. It is the capital of the federally recognized Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, one of three recognized Cherokee tribes and the only one in North Carolina.
Cherokee is the capital of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation and part of the traditional homelands of the Cherokee people. In the 1870s, the Eastern Band purchased the land for what is called the "Qualla Boundary". To continue the heritage of the Cherokee in the town, several signs for Cherokee's streets and buildings are written in both Cherokee syllabary and English. As a census-designated place (CDP), Cherokee overlaps most or part of three of the seven communities of the Qualla Boundary: Painttown, Wolftown, and Yellowhill.
Cherokee town and its surrounding Qualla Boundary is in the very mountainous Swain and Jackson counties. The highest elevation is 6,643-foot (2,025 m) Clingman's Dome at the border with Tennessee. Clingman's Dome is the highest point in the Great Smoky Mountains. The Oconaluftee River flows through downtown Cherokee.
The EBCI negotiated an agreement with the state, and in 1997 opened Harrah's Cherokee Casino for gaming. It has generated jobs and revenue for the tribe, providing money that the EBCI applies to its people's education, welfare, and culture. In 2005, nearly four million people visited the casino and generated a per capita profit of roughly $8,000 annually. Each member of the tribe is paid some annual income; the tribe reinvests other monies for health and related services and long-term development.
Since the late 20th century, most manufacturing and textile plants left the area, moving their jobs offshore to lower-wage areas, such as Southeast Asia. The regional economy suffered. Many of the Cherokee had to rely on jobs related to national park tourism and recreation, which provided work for about half of the year. Many tribal members had to rely on public assistance to survive during the winter.
Cherokee is a tourist-oriented area, located at the entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park and at the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway. In addition to the casino, it is the site of attractions such as:
Cherokee Botanical Garden and Nature Trail
The Trail to Mount Guyot
Museum of the Cherokee Indian[9]
Oconaluftee Indian Village
Oconaluftee (Great Smoky Mountains)
Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual
Oconaluftee River
Eastern Cherokee history, culture, and crafts are portrayed in the historical drama Unto These Hills, presented annually during the tourist season.
The Cherokee area offers many campgrounds, trails, and river adventures. It is also home to three roadside attractions with zoos: Cherokee Bear Zoo, Chief Saunooke Bear Park, and Santa's Land.
The zoos have been considered controversial. Bob Barker, a retired game show host, and animal rights activist, has called for closing the black bear zoos at these attractions.
Scenes from movies such as Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier, Digging to China, Forces of Nature, The Fugitive, and Stroszek were shot in Cherokee.
INFORMATION PROVIDED FROM THE SITE OF WIKIPEDIA.
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I HAVE BEEN TO CHEROKEE, NORTH CAROLINA AT LEAST ALMOST A DOZEN TIMES THAT I KNOW OF, FROM MY PRETEEN YEARS AND ADULT YEARS. EIGHT OF DURING MY PRETEEN YEARS OF 1974 TO 1982, AND THREE TIMES BETWEEN 1982 TO 2021. LOVE GOING TO CHEROKEE, NORTH CAROLINA. IT IS A VERY RELAXING PLACE AND CAN ENJOY NATURE AND NATURE SCENIC SCENERY. LOVE THE INDIAN VILLAGE, IT IS VERY UNIQUE TO LEARN/SEE THE WAYS IT WAS AND HOW LIFE WAS.
YEARS AGO, I HAD THOUGHT OF MOVING THERE A FEW TIMES. THE PEOPLE ARE VERY FRIENDLY, AND THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE SURROUNDINGS ARE REALLY SOMETHING.
CHEROKEE, N.C., THE SMOKEY MTNS, & GATLINBURG, TN. ARE ALL JUST RIGHT THERE IN A ROW, ALONG WITH LET'S NOT FORGET ASHEVILLE, N.C. AND PIGEON FORGE, TN. TOO. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL AREA. ALONG WITH DOLLYWOOD TOO, & THE RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT MUSEUMS ARE ONE OF MY FAVES.
LOTS OF THINGS TO DO THERE, IN THE AREA, ALL ARE TOURISTS SITES AS WELL.
I DO PLAN TO VISIT AGAIN SOMETIME. AS I WILL ALWAYS ENJOY THE AREA, ITS ATTRACTIONS, PEOPLE AND SCENERY.
FOR A LOVELY TIME - &
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Written By:
Deborah Kim B-Kennedy
A.K.A.
Bouvier, Guffey, Garner, Colver, Hicks
11/04/2021
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