Cherokee National Treasure
Cherokee National Treasure is a distinction created in 1988 by the Cherokee Nation to recognize people who have made significant contributions to the preservation of the tribe's art, language, and culture.[1][2][3]
Selected recipients
- Alex England
- Lyman Vann
- George Fourkiller
- Stella Livers
- Willie Jumper
- Rogers McLemore
- Cecil Dick
- Hester Guess
- Lizzie Whitekiller
- Todum Hair
- Lucille Hair
- Polly Jane Whitekiller
- Mattie Drum
- William Foster[4]
- David Neugin
- Sally Lacy
- Minne Handle Jumper
- John Ketcher
- Mildred Justice-Ketcher
- Jennie Sapp
- Scott Rackliff
- Tom Webber Wildcat
- Betty Scraper Garner
- Clesta Manley
- Sam Lee Still
- Linda Mouse-Hansen
- Mary Foreman
- Anna Sixkiller Mitchell
- Lee Foreman
- Albert Woffard
- Ella Mae Blackbear
- Kathryn Kelley
- Betty Bean Smith
- Vyrl Keeter
- Maxine Stick
- Wanna Lou Barton
- Lorene Drywater
- Marie Proctor
- Eva Mae Pigeon Smith
- Lena Blackbird
- Eunice O'Field
- Clarence Downing
- Dorothy Dreadfulwater Ice
- Al Herrin
- Nadine Wilbourn
- Bessie Russell
- Richard Rowe
- Ruth England
- Edith Catcher Knight
- Thelma Forrest
- Nancy Smith
- Wendell Cochran
- Thomas Muskrat
- Hastings Shade
- Luther Toby Hughes
- Sue Girty Thompson
- Jess Oosahwee
- Jim Buckhorn
- Wynona "Chicken" Dreadfulwater
- Anna Sixkiller
- Jane Osti
- Durbin Feeling
- Eddie Morrison
- Bill Rabbit
- Ed Fields
- Vivian Bush
- Martha Berry
- Margaret Wilson
- William Cabbagehead
- Victoria Mitchell Vazquez
- Donald Vann
- Bill Glass
- Knokovtee Scott
- Dennis Sixkiller
- Richard Shade
- John Ross
- Betty Christie Frogg
- Tonia Hogner-Weavel
- David Scott
- Rosie Chewie
- Vivian Garner-Cottrell
- Richard Fields
- Perry Vanbuskirk
- Lisa Smith
- Kathy Vanbuskirk
- Dan Mink
- Roger Cain
- Robert Lewis
- Shawna Morton Cain
- Noel Timothy Grayson
- Tommy Wildcat
- David Comingdeer
- Demos Glass
- Rachel Dew
- Source:[1]
References
- Morton-Cain, Shawna; Jumper Thurman, Pamela, eds. (2017). Cherokee National Treasures: In Their Own Words. Cherokee Nation. ISBN 978-1-934397-18-3.
- "Cherokee Nation announces 2019 Cherokee National Treasure honorees". Tahlequah Daily Press. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- "Cherokee Nation announces 2018 Cherokee National Treasure honorees". Sequoyah County Times. 2018-08-24. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- "The Lost Arts Project - 1988" (PDF). Cherokee Heritage Center.
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