Cherokee National Youth Choir

The Cherokee National Youth Choir was created in part by Chad "Corntassel" Smith, a former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. It consists of youth of Cherokee descent who sing gospel music in the Cherokee language. The directors are Mary Kay Henderson and Kathy Sierra. The choir has sung at various venues around the United States, including singing for former President George W. Bush, singing at Ground Zero in New York City, and singing alongside Dolly Parton at her amusement park, Dollywood. They have won numerous awards, including a Nammy (the Native American Music Award), and they release a new gospel CD each year.^[1]

References

↑ Cherokee National Youth Choir website

Cherokee

Tribes	Cherokee Nation Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians

Culture	Society Cherokee National Holiday Clans Gadugi Green Corn Ceremony Language Marbles Mythology Stomp dance Booger dance Syllabary

History	Cherokee history Cherokee military history Treaties Kituwah Mound Ani-kutani Anglo-Cherokee War Cherokee–American wars Transylvania Purchase Sycamore Shoals Chickamauga Cherokee Cherokee Phoenix Treaty of New Echota Original Cherokee Nation Trail of Tears Timeline of Cherokee removal Civil War Keetoowah Nighthawk Society Cherokee Female Seminary Cherokee Male Seminary Cherokee Commission

Organizations	Cherokee Heritage Center Cherokee Nation Warriors Society Cherokee National Youth Choir Heritage groups Cherokee Preservation Foundation Original Keetoowah Society Oconaluftee Indian Village

Politics and law	Principal Chiefs Blood law Flag Freedman controversy Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) Worcester v. Georgia (1832)

See also: Indigenous peoples of North America portal and Cherokee-language Wikipedia

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