Just 12 years after forced removal, Principal Chief John Ross and the Cherokee National Council made a powerful declaration about the Nation’s future with the opening of the Cherokee Male and Female Seminaries on May 7, 1851, cementing a lasting commitment to education.

The market will feature more than 10 Cherokee artists, including three Cherokee National Treasures. Guests will have the opportunity to buy the perfect gift for mom from a wide variety of mediums, including pottery, basketry, textiles, beadwork and more.

Cherokee Nation is amplifying the national Missing or Murdered Indigenous People movement through an exhibit at the Cherokee National History Museum in downtown Tahlequah through May 30.

For the Cherokee people, history is not something confined to bookshelves or archives. It shapes who we are and guides where we are going. Our history is the living foundation for our modern Cherokee identity.