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Cherokee Nation cultural tourism staff preview Will Rogers birthplace restoration, art shows and exhibits
Summary
Staff reported on a Cherokee history course with 266 participants, an Artist Recovery Act reauthorization, a Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch restoration starting next month, and upcoming art shows and museum exhibits including a Ruth Bader Ginsburg pottery display at the Anna Mitchell Cultural and Welcome Center.
Cultural tourism staff told the Cherokee Nation council on April 3 that a series of preservation, exhibits and grant-driven projects are moving forward, including a restoration at the Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch and two upcoming art events.
Molly Jarvis, speaking for cultural tourism, said the Nation’s Cherokee history course has had “266 participants, this fiscal year, so since October, who have participated with the history course,” and that classes are being offered on the reservation and at large locations. She said the department is offering both in‑reservation and off‑reservation classes listed in the written report.
Jarvis said the Artist Recovery Act has been reauthorized and that the funding supports a “fourth round of general call for general art, which closes on May 16,” and a separate call for a Cherokee Freedmen Monument whose bid “closes next week on April 4.” She also announced that restoration work at the Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch is scheduled to begin next month and that the project will include “a complete restoration of the home, the ranch, new exhibits, infrastructure improvements, and a new caretaker's home.”
Jarvis said the department is completing the move of the Carlisle Cabin to the Sequoias cabin location after delays, and that a close notification for the Will Rogers site will be issued soon. She noted two upcoming public events: the Tree of Tears Art Show reception on Friday, April 4, and the second annual Watercrest Fest at the Celine Courthouse Museum on Saturday, April 26.
Jarvis also pointed out a current exhibit at the Anna Mitchell Cultural and Welcome Center featuring a pottery collection associated with the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, described in her remarks as a collection from “former bridal counselor, Victoria Vasquez.”
Council members offered brief thanks and no substantive changes to the projects were recorded in the meeting minutes. Jarvis closed the report and answered no further policy motions.
The cultural tourism report was one of several program updates presented at the committee meeting; follow‑up items listed in the department’s written materials include specific bid deadlines and construction schedules.
