Cherokee National Supreme Court Museum

Amazing museum dedicated to American justice

Realized how "law abiding" the Cherokee were -- adopting Federal sentencing, shifting from corporal punishment to "prison" (a different museum) -- I got a much greater respect for how the Cherokee wor...

Evolution of Law

This building isn’t very large and has exhibits on both floors of it. We were greeted as we entered and started to wander around from room to room. The first room we entered, to the left of the front ...

Justice and Newspaper history. Time well spent

This unassuming building tells two stories: one about indigenous justice and the other the history of the Cherokee syllabary and newspapers. It has one of the old syllabary letterpress presses and typ...

From blood law to the courts

We enjoyed learning about the Cherokee justice system and the switch from blood law to a court system of justice. The stories of conflict over tribal jurisdiction and tribal sovereignty were also int...

Cherokee Heritage

The Cherokee Supreme Court Museum was interesting, and the staff was very informative and friendly. The museum was free to tour, and the building contained a lot of history.