Qualla Boundary: entrance

Qualla Boundary: entrance

Cherokee (N.C.)

Cherokee Indian Reservation (N.C.)

Cherokee Indians

Communities

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

This photograph shows the entrance to the Qualla Boundary in 1945. During the 1920s, road improvements made the North Carolina mountains more accessible and tourism became a significant force in the economy of Cherokee and the surrounding area. By the late 1940s, with the end of World War II, tourism once again became an important economic factor in western North Carolina. The increasing number of visitors provided Cherokee artisans a ready market for their traditional craft goods. While the "Welcome" sign uses the colloquial term "reservation," the almost 100 square miles that make up the Boundary are owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

United States. Office of Indian Affairs

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Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1945

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

8" x 10"(dimension)

Cherokee Traditions