Cherokee Nation - 👀 L I V E: Who will take home the crown...

Artist John Henry Gloyne (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) took home Best of Show at this year’s Trail of Tears Art Show. Learn about the process behind his award-winning piece titled “Burial Ceremony: The Four Souls of the Cherokee Being” and the cultural significance behind the painting in this Artist Spotlight. The 53rd Annual Trail of Tears Art Show runs now through May 11 at Cherokee Springs Plaza in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and online the link in our bio! #cherokee #cherokeenation #trailoftea

Mary Adair’s passion is researching and conveying Cherokee history and cosmology through art. To see more of Mary’s work, visit our new exhibition “Lighting Pathways: Matriarchs of Oklahoma Native Art” open now through April 28. Watch the full interview of this excerpt in the Oklahoma Native Art Oral History Project from Oklahoma State University Libraries’ Oklahoma Oral History Research Program by visiting bit.ly/ONArt. | National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum

Exploring Cherokee History: The Cherokee Phoenix