Cherokee High School is a
Bureau of Indian Education
The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), headquartered in the Main Interior Building in Washington, D.C., and formerly known as the Office of Indian Education Programs (OIEP), is a division of the U.S. Department of the Interior under the Assistant S ...
(BIE) grant
high school located in
Cherokee, North Carolina
Cherokee ( chr, ᏣᎳᎩ, translit=Tsalagi) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Swain County, North Carolina, Swain and Jackson County, North Carolina, Jackson counties in Western North Carolina, United States, within the Qualla Boundar ...
and administered by the federally recognized
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. They have their base in Cherokee. The school was originally housed in a 1950s/1960s building. It moved to a new facility constructed for it, which opened in 2009.
Cherokee High School is part of the
Cherokee Central Schools
Cherokee Central Schools (Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩ ᏧᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗ ᏚᏓᏥᏍᎬᎢ ''tsalagi tsunadeloquasdi dudatsisgvi'') is a school district in Cherokee, North Carolina, consisting of a single campus holding buildings serving grades K-12 a ...
System. It is the only 9–12 high school on
Qualla Boundary
The Qualla Boundary or The Qualla is territory held as a land trust by the United States government for the federally recognized Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, who reside in western North Carolina. The area is part of the large historic Chero ...
, and shares a campus with Cherokee Elementary and Cherokee Middle School.
Accreditation
The school is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
Notable faculty
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Amanda Crowe
Amanda Crowe (July 16, 1928 – September 27, 2004) was an Eastern Band Cherokee woodcarver and educator from Cherokee, North Carolina. A graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, her work has been widely exhibited and is held by ...
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Goingback Chiltoskey
References
External links
*http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/91539
*http://www.greatschools.org/north-carolina/cherokee/3265-Cherokee-High-School/
Bureau of Indian Education
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Native American high schools
Public high schools in North Carolina
Schools in Swain County, North Carolina
Native American history of North Carolina
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