STEPS

1. On a sticky note, write down anything you know about Cherokee. Place them on the chart paper. 

2. We will watch a series of videos, as you watch, think about what you wrote on the sticky notes.

3. Following the videos, we will either CONFIRM or BUST our knowledge.

4. Lastly, we will share our new learning. 

"We were taught to love and take care of each other." - Walker Calhoun, EBCI tribal elder

In 2004, Vision Qualla, a committee of the Cherokee Preservation Foundation, recognized the need of guidelines that represented an accurate portrayal of Cherokee culture in tourism. Prior to this time, tourism revenue relied heavily on the sale of headdresses and tomahawks. Vision Qualla developed an action plan to identify core values of the Cherokee community. Letters were sent to community members for a round table discussion. Their goal was to integrate Cherokee core values into all facets of Cherokee life; government, education, business and tourism, resource management, gaming enterprise, health enterprise, and community.

The core values are the foundation of how we live, our work ethic, and our community structures. These values remain constant in an ever changing world. These are the practices we abide by in order to obtain professional, personal, and family goals.