Cherokees traditionally gathered and ate many nuts, including acorns though they were not a staple for us like tribes in other areas. The ultimate slow food, processing acorns is a labor of love and way to slow down and sync up with nature’s seasonal timeline for this CNCV Board Member. If you’ve enjoyed a maple acorn cookie at a CNCV event, read more to appreciate the work that goes into them.

Saturday, November 9th was a beautiful day in Cherokee, California. CNCV members gathered for a fun field trip into history.

We had a great time together in community at our October membership meeting, visiting, eating a delicious potluck, voting for our board members, and playing many games of chunkey. Wado to Gerrit Fenenga for carving and gifting a chunkey stone to us!

The Cherokee Nation brought us a a second Cherokee Language Intensive class in October, including an incredible in-person weekend. It is a rich, beautiful language that needs to be preserved as the root of our culture and way of thinking.

There are many great resources for at-large citizens, shared recently by our at-large councilors. Their message is included below in case anyone missed this informative report.

Recently, the name of our sacred peak in North Carolina was officially restored to ᎫᏬᎯ Kuwohi, which translates to “Mulberry Place.” The site holds deep cultural and spiritual meaning to us as Cherokees.

CNCV Cultural Center Chair Mike Webb shares a profile on Barbara and Ray Warren, reflecting on their contributions to the CNCV and community.

We had a wonderful time visiting with each other at our Campout in August! We hope to see you at one of our upcoming events this Fall.

One member shares her story of making hominy then tortillas from seed to plate. Read more about how we used science to get more nutrition from our corn with the traditional process of nixtamalization.

Enjoy this story about how Waleli (Hummingbird) courageously brought back our sacred Tsola (Tobacco), adapted by Dr. Christopher Teuton's book Cherokee Earth Dwellers.

Two young Cherokee citizens and brothers participated in the reintroduction of cultural burning back to the land, called "Leok Po" or good fire, for the first time in 100 years. This was led by the local Tocha Dehe Wintun Nation.

View candidate statements for the upcoming CNCV election on October 19.

Enjoy pictures from our Annual Campout in August, featuring Cherokee National Treasure Robert Lewis, corn husk doll making, playing Cherokee marbles, being entertained by stories, and a big bison Indian taco dinner. Best of all, it was wonderful to spend time with new and existing friends and family!

We had a wonderful time visiting with each other in June. We’re looking forward to upcoming events this year including our Annual Campout August 23-25!

We’ve heard of the “Georgia peach” but perhaps it should be the “Cherokee peach” considering how we’ve contributed to the fruit with traditional ecological farming knowledge and how much we love them.