Cherokee National Treasure is a distinction created in 1988 by the

Cherokee Nation The Cherokee Nation ( or ) is the largest of three list of federally recognized tribes, federally recognized tribes of Cherokees in the United States. It includes people descended from members of the Cherokee Nation (1794–1907), Old Cheroke ...

to recognize people who have made significant contributions to the preservation of the tribe's art,

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, and culture. The tribe published a biographical overview of these cultural bearers, ''Cherokee National Treasures: In Their Own Words'', co-edited by Shawna Morton-Cain and Pamela Jumper-Thurman in 2017.

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