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The Cherokee National Holiday is an annual event held each Labor Day weekend in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The event celebrates the September 6, 1839 signing of the Constitution of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma after the Trail of Tears Indian removal ended.
The Cherokee calendar is traditionally defined as a Lunar calendar marked by 13 moon cycles of 28 days. [note 1] Each cycle was accompanied by a ceremony. In order to rectify the Cherokee calendar with that of the Julian calendar, these cycles were reduced to 12. The seasonal round of ceremonies was integral to Cherokee society.
May 14—After the COVID-19 pandemic forced the Cherokee Nation to host its annual National Holiday online last year, the tribe plans to hold a hybrid celebration this Labor Day weekend, featuring ...
Sep. 3—For the second year in a row, the Cherokee National Holiday is being held virtually, with numerous events and tours streamed online. On Friday, Cherokee Nation Ethnobiology Manager ...
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Arts and crafts booths on the Cherokee Heritage Center grounds, Cherokee National Holiday, 2007. The Cherokee Heritage Center (Cherokee: Ꮳꮃꭹ Ꮷꮎꮣꮄꮕꮣ Ꭰᏸꮅ) is a non-profit historical society and museum campus that seeks to preserve the historical and cultural artifacts, language, and traditional crafts of the Cherokee.
Cherokee marbles is a game of rolling small stone balls towards a target. Cherokee marbles was traditionally played with round balls made of stone. Today billiard balls are typically used, with a favorite being the cue ball. An annual tournament is held during Cherokee National Holiday each Labor Day weekend. [citation needed]
Sep. 1—Kicking off celebrations of the 71st annual Cherokee National Holiday, a quilt show held at the Chota Conference Center in the Cherokee Casino showed off the fancy designed creations of ...