Peekaboo! Peekaboo!
Missionaries that began working with the Cherokee Tribe in Georgia before their removal went to Oklahoma to Indian Territory to continue their work. These 3 columns are all that's left of the original Cherokee Female Seminary that opened in 1851. There was also a male seminary located several miles away.
A picture of the original seminary. Education played an important role in the lives of the Cherokee and at one point during the mid-19th Century, the Cherokee population was more literate than the non-Indian population. 
Explaining how baskets were made by Cherokee women
Making his own arrows for hunting - even today
Ceremonial Grounds
The women wore these on their legs during ceremonial dances
The beginning of a canoe
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