Growing up Cherokee. Family is a blessing! We spend a lot of time with our grandchildren. In this video Cian is just learning to walk. Cian loves music & loves to clap and dance. Cian's name is in honor of our Irish ancestry. The Irish translation for Cian means "ancient". Cian is also named after my brother, Fredrick who lost his life in 1990. The Irish translation means peaceful king. Cian also has a middle name, Stv-qwag after his Papaw, which in Cherokee means, Night bird. Our beautiful, swe

Little Cherokee Ambassador Reese Henson recites the Lord's Prayer in Cherokee

Behind the scenes: Making a Cherokee book

Mary Adair’s passion is researching and conveying Cherokee history and cosmology through art. To see more of Mary’s work, visit our new exhibition “Lighting Pathways: Matriarchs of Oklahoma Native Art” open now through April 28. Watch the full interview of this excerpt in the Oklahoma Native Art Oral History Project from Oklahoma State University Libraries’ Oklahoma Oral History Research Program by visiting bit.ly/ONArt. | National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum

Exploring Cherokee History: The Cherokee Phoenix

Exploring Cherokee History: Sequoyah Exhibit