TY - BOOK ID - 136418463 TI - Public Indians, private Cherokees : tourism and tradition on tribal ground PY - 2009 SN - 0817381155 9780817381158 9780817316341 0817316345 9780817355135 0817355138 PB - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, DB - UniCat KW - Cherokee Indians KW - Heritage tourism KW - Culture and tourism KW - Industries. KW - Economic conditions. KW - Attitudes. KW - Economic aspects KW - Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina KW - History. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:136418463 AB - A major economic industry among American Indian tribes is the public promotion and display of aspects of their cultural heritage in a wide range of tourist venues. Few do it better than the Eastern Band of the Cherokee, whose homeland is the Qualla Boundary of North Carolina. Through extensive research into the work of other scholars dating back to the late 1800's, and interviews with a wide range of contemporary Cherokees, Beard-Moose presents the two faces of the Cherokee people. One is the public face that populates the powwows, dramatic presentations, museums, and myriad roadside ER -