Exploring Cherokee NC and Great Smoky Mountains National Park

A little info about each of the seven clans of the Cherokee. Each clan, Bird, Blue, Deer, Long Hair, Paint, Wild Potato, and Wolf had certain responsibilities and worked together to keep the village running smoothly. This video was recorded in the square grounds at Oconaluftee Indian Village living history museum in Cherokee, North Carolina. Visit the Village to learn more about authentic Cherokee history and culture Oconaluftee Indian Village is open April 22 through November 1, 2025, from 9:30

Did you know that the Cherokee didn’t have a “rain dance” to ask for rain? Our homelands, The Great Smoky Mountains, are a temperate rainforest. It rains all the time! So we don’t need to ask for rain, but we do give thanks for rain with the Bullfrog Dance The Bullfrog Dance is a social dance that would be done after a rain, since that’s when the bullfrogs come out. You’ll see that the dance is kind of like a game of Simon Says with the singer telling the dancers whah to do as the imitate the bu