These are some pictures of our adventures in Cherokee land. Click on the picture to enlarge it!

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stomp dance

Cherokee Song 1

Cherokee Song 2

	This was a famous Cherokee long distance runner. I had each of the kids pose next to him.
	This picture was actually taken last March when Isaac and I visited.		Inside the Cherokee heritage center were some examples of the types of houses they lived in 400 years ago when they were in North Carolina, before the Trail of Tears.
	This is the inside of a council room, where they would hold council and do a "stomp dance" around a fire. Click here to play a stomp dance chant and hear what it sounds like. They told us they don't know what the words of the stomp dance mean anymore, because they are not actually Cherokee words.		This is an example of an old style Cherokee winter home.
They lost their own stomp dance songs over a hundred years ago and had to learn these words from the Creek people, who in turn learned them from someone else.
	This is Robert, showing our girls how to make arrow heads. He was really good at it!		We visited "Elephant Rock" park, where we got to go see the river and spend a few hours wading in the crystal clear water.
	An island in the middle fo the stream.		Isaac liked to get in where the water was flowing a little more rapidly.
	This is right in front of elephant rock.		Since there was nobody there to take a picture of all of us, I digitally pasted one of us into the picture. See if you can guess which one of us is pasted in without enlarging the picture! Behind is the actual "Elephant Rock"
	Ginny and the kids enjoyed a chance to come back to Missouri and see some friends of ours who are headed to Thailand. Here Sarah got to play with her best friend one more time.		Star Wars or pirates – I can't remember what they were playing!
	After a couple of weeks we took a day trip to the Tulsa zoo and cultural exhibit. It was a really nice place to visit and relax!		This is the Masai exhibit.
	Sarah pretending to be a bull in the pen.		Riding turtles.
	Did you know the Olmec Indians made it all the way to Oklahoma?		Those are really big lips. Give me a kiss!
	I don't want to pretend to be a statue!		Nobody will notice me here.
	These guys don't talke very much!		A Mayan mural replica.
	Dramatic effect added to the Igloo exhibit.		The zoo animals look kind of familiar. Have we seen them before?
	These are the Cherokee singers from the church we attended. Click below to play 2 of the songs they sang at our appreciation dinner! Cherokee Song 1 Cherokee Song 2		My last chance to say good bye to John, our language helper.
	The official headquarters of the Cherokee Nation.