I have heard the play at the Cherokee Reservation - Unto these Hills is a must see. If we are going to do it tonight is our last chance as it ends this weekend and this is our last night off this week
One of the longest-running outdoor dramas in the U.S., Unto These Hills has thrilled and entertained more than six million people since 1950..
No problem getting tickets at the ticket office that evening
It's a big outdoor theater, it seats 2800. Unto These Hills drama is the tragic and triumphant story of the Cherokee that traces back to the years before the heartbreak of the Trail of Tears to the present day
To start there is a bluegrass group
The play is quite good, a little hard to understand as the speakers are too loud for the small attendance
The play opens with the arrival of the Spanish Conquistador, Hernando DeSoto in 1540. The appearance of DeSoto and his army establishes an ominous portent of what will befall the Cherokee Nation during the next three-hundred years.
The discovery of gold in Cherokee County in 1835 sets the stage for tribal lands to be overrun by the whites, who illegally occupy lands, build settlements and town, and generally disregard the cultural practices and freedoms of the Native population.
It charts the history of the Cherokee up through the Trail of Tears and the return to their homeland, a truly heartbreaking story.
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