Language is one of the most important aspects of Cherokee culture. Learn how to say “language” with Cherokee Word of the Week. | Visit Cherokee Nation

In honor of #NationalDanceDay, the Cherokee Word of the Week is “dance.” From the Stomp Dance to the Bear, Friendship and Eagle, the expression of dance is an important part of Cherokee culture with great social and ceremonial meaning. | Visit Cherokee Nation

A ceremonial Cherokee dance with both spiritual and social meaning, celebrating important events and themes like harvest, redemption and forgiveness — the Cherokee Word of the Week is “stomp dance.” | Visit Cherokee Nation

Did you know that the Cherokee didn’t have a “rain dance” to ask for rain? Our homelands, The Great Smoky Mountains, are a temperate rainforest. It rains all the time! So we don’t need to ask for rain, but we do give thanks for rain with the Bullfrog Dance The Bullfrog Dance is a social dance that would be done after a rain, since that’s when the bullfrogs come out. You’ll see that the dance is kind of like a game of Simon Says with the singer telling the dancers whah to do as the imitate the bu

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