Indian Owned & Operated • Authentic Local Cherokee Indian Arts & Crafts • Open All Year, Every Day
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From the moment you step on the front porch and see the variety of creative hand made bird houses, feeders, wind chimes, and gourds, you know you’re in for a treat.

Years ago, Bearmeat’s Indian Den owner David Smith decided he wanted to showcase one-of-a-kind crafts made by locals who needed an outlet to sell and demonstrate their art. He started with a small shop, but over the years Bearmeat’s Indian Den has grown to include the Little Farmers Market as well as the Native American Arts & Crafts Gallery.

In the Little Farmers Market you’ll find jams, jellies, hoop cheese, country hams, sourwood honey, and peanuts. And hand made soap, aromatherapy products, Cherokee healing herbs and candles.

In many ways the Gallery is a museum as well as a store.  As you enter the Gallery you are greeted by an exhibit about the Bald Eagle, sacred to the Cherokees. There’s a life-size pocket knife and chisel carving of an eagle dancer, as well as carved flutes, moccasins, knives, bone breast plates, masks, possible bags, small Indian dolls, ground-fired pottery, wooden toys and native regalia for men and women. David and his staff know each artisan personally, and will be happy to talk to you about the history of any piece in the gallery and tell you about its maker.

Bearmeat’s Indian Den is not in the hustle and bustle of downtown Cherokee. It’s just a few minutes drive from town in the quiet mountain countryside and it’s worth the trip. Come out to the country for the flavor of the real Cherokee.

Artisans: (left) Lucille Lossiah baskets, including Best-In-Show from the Indian Fair. (bottom left) Paul Hornbuckle life-size wood carving of the Indian martyr Tsali and his wife Wilani. (bottom center) Stone and wood carvings by Fred and John Julius Wilnoty, whose work can be seen at the Smithsonian Museum. (bottom right) The 26-point, 224 pound whitetail buck is the largest ever killed in Tennessee.

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