Editing Cherokee (section)

===Cultural institutions===
The Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, Inc., of [[Cherokee, North Carolina]], is the oldest continuing Native American art co-operative. They were founded in 1946 to provide a venue for traditional Eastern Band Cherokee artists.<ref>[http://www.quallaartsandcrafts.org/history.php Qualla History.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909215000/http://quallaartsandcrafts.org/history.php |date=September 9, 2009 }} . Retrieved September 15, 09.</ref> The [[Museum of the Cherokee Indian]], also in Cherokee, displays permanent and changing exhibits, houses archives and collections important to Cherokee history, and sponsors cultural groups, such as the Warriors of the AniKituhwa dance group.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20000125054857/http://www.cherokeemuseum.org/ The Museum of the Cherokee Indian.]}} . Retrieved September 15, 09.</ref>

In 2007, the [[Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians]] entered into a partnership with [[Southwestern Community College (North Carolina)|Southwestern Community College]] and [[Western Carolina University]] to create the Oconaluftee Institute for Cultural Arts (OICA), to emphasize native art and culture in traditional fine arts education. This is intended both to preserve traditional art forms and encourage exploration of contemporary ideas. Located in Cherokee, OICA offered an associate degree program.<ref name="SCC">[http://www.southwesterncc.edu/news/06-jul-dec/EBCI-cultural-arts-inst.htm "Announcement of the founding of the Oconaluftee Institute for Cultural Arts in Cherokee"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527225133/http://www.southwesterncc.edu/news/06-jul-dec/EBCI-cultural-arts-inst.htm |date=May 27, 2010 }}, Southwestern Community College (retrieved November 24, 2010)</ref> In August 2010, OICA acquired a letterpress and had the [[Cherokee syllabary]] recast to begin printing one-of-a-kind fine art books and prints in the [[Cherokee language]].<ref name="letterpress">[http://www.nc-cherokee.com/theonefeather/2010/08/13/new-letterpress-arrives-at-oica/ "New Letterpress Arrives at OICA"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714161021/http://www.nc-cherokee.com/theonefeather/2010/08/13/new-letterpress-arrives-at-oica/ |date=July 14, 2011 }}, ''The One Feather'' (retrieved November 24, 2010)</ref> In 2012, the Fine Art degree program at OICA was incorporated into [[Southwestern Community College (North Carolina)|Southwestern Community College]] and moved to the SCC Swain Center, where it continues to operate.<ref name="Moved">[http://theonefeather.com/2012/11/oica-is-gone-but-not-really/ "OICA is gone, but not really"], ''The One Feather'' (retrieved March 18, 2013)</ref>

The [[Cherokee Heritage Center]], of [[Park Hill, Oklahoma]], is the site of a reproduction of an ancient Cherokee village, Adams Rural Village (including 19th-century buildings), Nofire Farms, and the Cherokee Family Research Center for genealogy.<ref name=CHC>{{cite web| title = Cherokee Heritage Center | url = http://www.cherokeeheritage.org | access-date =March 10, 2007}}</ref> The Cherokee Heritage Center also houses the Cherokee National Archives. Both the [[Cherokee Nation]] (of Oklahoma) and the [[United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee]], as well as other tribes, contribute funding to the CHC.