December 9, 2021
Cherokee Nation opens National Research Center to safely keep more than 11,000 historical artifacts
Author: Matt Trotter
Thousands of documents and artifacts from the history of Cherokee Nation have a new home.
They’ve been relocated to the National Research Center, a facility at Cherokee Springs Plaza, about two miles away from the collection’s former home at the Cherokee Heritage Center. Tribal leaders officially opened the research center on Wednesday with a ribbon cutting.
The nearly 60-year-old heritage center’s condition led the Council of the Cherokee Nation to declare the tribe's collection of historical i...