Annual Keetoowah Celebration
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Event Details
Celebrating over 55 years of constitutional government. Attractions include a kid's fishing derby, dignitary breakfast, parade, state of the nation ceremony, hog fry, gospel singing children's activities, turtle races, make and take crafts along with crafts and food vendors. There will also be a traditional games including a cornstalk shoot, blowgun shoot, marbles exhibition, and stickball exhibition. Open to the public.
Annual Keetoowah Celebration
Phone : 918-431-1818 (Always call and confirm events.)
Email Address : publicityukb@yahoo.com
Web: www.keetoowahcherokee.org
Cultural Festivals
Attractions and Upcoming Events
The Cherokee Advocate
The Cherokee Advocate
Vol 1, Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Thursday, September 9, 1844
As a tribute to Oklahoma's first legal newspaper, The Cherokee Advocate, was established in 1844 in a building approximately 100' from the location (of this maker.)
Tahlequah, OK Monuments
Tsa-La-Gi Ancient Village
The Tsa-La-Gi Ancient Village has been hailed as one of America's finest living museums. It recreates the lifestyle of the Cherokees during the 16th century, prior to European contact. Realistic in design, the Village captures the living conditions of the Cherokee People.
Tahlequah, OK MuseumsMurrell Home
The Murrell Home was built in the new Cherokee Nation about 1845 by George M. Murrell. Murrell was a native Virginain who married Minerva Ross in 1834. Minerva was a member of a wealthy mixed-blood Cherokee/Scottish family, and the niece of Chief John Ross.
Tahlequah, OK MuseumsCherokee Heritage Center
The Cherokee Heritage Center, operated by the Cherokee National Historical Society, is located three miles south of Tahlequah, on the original site of the Cherokee Female Seminary. This remote area, covered with dense underbrush, was cleared in the mid-1960
Tahlequah, OK Museums