Oconaluftee Indian Village
The Oconaluftee Indian Village is a replica of an 18th-century eastern Cherokee community founded in 1952 and located along the Oconaluftee River in Cherokee, North Carolina, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jan Kronsell, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: replica Native American settlement
- Address: Indian Village Road, Cherokee, NC
Places of Interest
Highlights include Harrah’s Cherokee and New Kituwah Academy.
Harrah’s Cherokee
Casino
Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort is a casino and hotel on the Qualla Boundary in Cherokee, North Carolina. It is owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and operated by Caesars Entertainment. Harrah’s Cherokee is situated 1½ miles southeast of Oconaluftee Indian Village.
New Kituwah Academy
School
The New Kituwah Academy, also known as the Atse Kituwah Academy, is a private bilingual Cherokee- and English-language immersion school for Cherokee students in kindergarten through sixth grade, located in Cherokee, North Carolina, in the Yellow Hill community of the Qualla Boundary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cherokee and Ravensford.
Cherokee
Photo: Jan Kronsell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cherokee is a town in the North Carolina Mountains within the Qualla Boundary, the proper name of the Cherokee Indian reserve.
Ravensford
Hamlet
Ravensford is an unincorporated community in Swain County, Western North Carolina. This is within the traditional homeland of the Cherokee people. In a survey and excavation project in the early 21st century, part of the community was found to have archeological resources that were thousands of years old, in addition to more recent historic materials related to the Cherokee people. Ravensford is situated 2 miles northeast of Oconaluftee Indian Village.
Wilmot
Hamlet
Wilmot is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States. Wilmot is located along U.S. Route 74, West of Dillsboro and East of Whittier. Wilmot is situated 6 miles south of Oconaluftee Indian Village.
Oconaluftee Indian Village
- Categories: museum and locality
- Location: Charleston Township, Swain, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.48677° or 35° 29′ 12″ northLongitude
-83.32265° or 83° 19′ 22″ westElevation
2,156 feet (657 metres)Open location code
867RFMPG+PWOpenStreetMap ID
node 154292743OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Japanese—“Oconaluftee Indian Village” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Oconaluftee Indian Village”
- Japanese: “オコナルフティー・インディアン村”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Oconaluftee Indian Village”. Photo: Jan Kronsell, CC BY-SA 2.5.