Media release from New Echota State Historic Site:
In celebration of Cherokee culture and the national significance of New Echota State Historic Site, the Friends of New Echota State Historic Site invite the public out for Cherokee Heritage Day on Saturday, October 24, from 10a.m.-4p.m.
Visiting Cherokee artists, Friends of New Echota volunteers and park staff will join to present early 19th century crafts and demonstrations including basket weaving, beading work, storytelling, finger weaving, printing press demonstrations, Cherokee jewelry, rivercane blowgun demonstrations and staff guided tours of the historic grounds and buildings.
Featured artists, vendors and demonstrators include Cleto Montelongo, Blue Clan Arts & Crafts, EBCI, Basket Weaving, Amy and Johnny PostOak, Three Sisters Design & Supply, EBCI, Finger Weaving and Copper Smithing, Toni Tahquette, EBCI, Flat Weaving Cheryl Wolfinger, Cherokee Nation, Basket Weaving, Round Reed style, Nancy Edens Loriot, Cherokee Nation, Finger Weaving, Oblique style.
The Cherokee Language Repertory Choir will be part of the day’s activities and Calhoun Boy Scout Troop 22 will be cooking and serving lunch foods and snacks for sale as a Troop fundraising activity.
Sponsored by Friends of New Echota State Historic Site, Georgia Chapter Trail of Tears Association, American Dakota Rugs and Gordon County Historical Society, New Echota’s Native American Heritage Program this year is held to honor the history, culture, and contributions of the Cherokee people. Silent and purchased raffle tickets will be available for items also.
Regular site admission price $6-$8 (5 and under free) will be required for this special program.
New Echota State Historic Site is a designated National Historic Landmark, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a certified site on the National Park Service’s National Trail of Tears Historic Trail.
Located north of Calhoun, Georgia on State Highway 225, the site is open Tuesday-Saturday, 9a.m.-5p.m. and Sunday, 1p.m.-5p.m. (April-November) and includes a visitor center with museum, orientation film and gift shop area, thirteen historic and reconstructed buildings and 1.5 miles of nature trails including a beaver pond and stream.
For information, visit gastateparks.org/newechota or call (706)-624-1321.
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