The Cherokee Experience for families will be offered from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Nov. 8. It starts with a tour of the museum’s award-winning exhibits. A program on Cherokee music and dance will involve the audience in traditional dances, presented by Bo Taylor, whose recent album of dance songs received a NAMMY — Native American Music award. A “tasting lunch” of Cherokee foods will include bear meat, bean bread chestnut bread, beans and hominy, herb tea, and blueberry bread. During lunch, storyteller Freeman Owle will share traditional tales. After lunch, parents and children can try their hand at making a traditional Cherokee bowl or other craft.

The Snowbird Choir will lead singing in Cherokee language from the new Cherokee Hymnbook at 2 p.m. on Nov. 9. If you don’t know Cherokee language, Shirley Oswalt will provide instruction in singing with the phonetic words provided. 

To register for the Cherokee Experience Family Day, call the museum at 828.497.3481 (ext. 2). Cost is $25 for adults and children ages 13 and up. This includes museum admission, lunch, dance program, storytelling program, hands on craft workshop and materials for the workshop. Registration must be paid by Nov. 5. The Cherokee Hymn Singing is free and open to the public.

The weekend is sponsored by the North Carolina Arts Council and the Museum of the Cherokee Indian. 

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