Cherokee
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Other Name: -, District: North Carolina, State: South, United States of America
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Languages Spoken: English
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Cherokee is a town in Swain County, North Carolina, USA. It is also a tourist-oriented area, located at the entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway, and the site of a Harrahs Cherokee Casino.Location
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The garden displays more than 150 species of plants native to the Great Smoky Mountains, with an herb garden and 0.5 miles of walking trail through a mixed pine and hardwood forest along the slopes of Mount Noble.
The Museum of the Cherokee Indian, located in Cherokee, tells the story of the Cherokee Indians from the beginnings of time through four timeframes. The museum has a state of the art computer aided display that combines images, audio, special effects, with the extensive collection of artifacts. The four main timeframes covered are the "Trail of Tears", "Paleo Period", "Archaic Period", and "Mississippian Period.