Traditions of the Cherokee
Folkways

Eva Bigwitch, a Cherokee, weaves baskets so graceful that they are featured in several mountain stores and museums. The Cherokee Indians were the first native North Carolinians, occupying the land for thousands of years. While they still live throughout North Carolina, they are most concentrated in the western mountains, especially along the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians. Their culture is rich with crafts, stories and traditions of living that cannot be matched by today's society. They weaved baskets and made pottery before the first English settlers even landed on the North American continent.