This site is operated by Cherokee Gadugi of Tarrant County as a chartered satellite, non-profit, non-political organization of the Cherokee Nation. Its mission is dedicated to providing history, culture, heritage, tradition, language, and fellowship to our members who reside outside the Cherokee Nation boundaries.
Events and activities:
Chief Hoskin and others from CN will be in Houston for the Annual Chief's Meeting with the Cherokee Citizens League of Southeast Texas on Saturday, 9/21/2024, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm, at the India House, 8888 W. Belfort, Houston, TX 77031
The combined meeting for the Central Texas Cherokee Township and Cherokee Township of San Antonio will be on Sunday, 9/22/2024, from 12 noon - 4:00 pm at the Embassy Suites, 1001 E. McCarty Lane, San Marcos, TX 78666
Rose Drake and a few members of the Oklahoma Native American Basketweavers who are also members of Cherokee Gadugi recently worked their art/craft in the home of Leta Goodman. Ms. Drake taught beginner Dana Lisby how to make a small Cherokee purse. She also taught intermediate weavers Amy Denton and Dianne Duck how to make a small basket with a lightening design and Cherokee rim. Leta Goodman, an advanced weaver learning to weave old-style traditional double-woven baskets, taught Alvin Oglesby, a new beginner how to read and weave a graphed pattern.
Don’t miss this chance to gather with your fellow Cherokees for a fun and educational two hours! Bring a willing family member or your distant cousin. Join Cherokee Gadugi or not, you’ll enjoy the occasion!
The program features a presentation by Cherokee Artist, Rose Drake! Rose is an award-winning Cherokee weaver whose style ranges from traditional to contemporary. She will discuss Cherokee basketry from pre-contact to today.
Ms. Drake did research at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and the National Museum of Natural History. That research focused on historic and pre-historic Cherokee baskets.
Rose, with her colleagues, worksat the Spiro Mound Museum to create baskets modeled after prehistoric fragments for hands-on education at the museum.
Don’t miss this opportunity to experience authentic Cherokee basketry. Meeting address: 9015 Grand Ave., NRHills.