![[e-mail]](http://wwwcache.wral.com/presentation/v2/images/header/email-15x10.gif){kind=small}
Subscribe
![[e-mail]](http://wwwcache.wral.com/presentation/v1/images/icon_email-story.gif){kind=icon}
Get News Alerts to your Email & Cell Phone
When the Cherokee Tribe first built its casino, many believed it would create a surge in tourism for its region of Western North Carolina.
But the opposite happened. Individuals visiting the casino never explored the Qualla Boundary, the Cherokee's trusted land, and tourists once interested in gaining a unusual cultural perspective stopped visiting.
Concerned with the decline in tourism and the subsequent regression of the Cherokee community, the leadership of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians worked with the state of North Carolina to create the Cherokee Preservation Foundation.
For details on how the Foundation is seeking to fulfill that mission, see: http://philanthropyjournal.org/lu.cfm?lu=22586
Cherokee Foundation Is Branching Out
![[search]](http://wwwcache.wral.com/presentation/v1/images/icons/16x12/search-form-icon.gif){kind=icon}
Site Search
RELATED TOPICS: Cherokee County
Copyright 2011 by Capitol Broadcasting Company. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
0 Comments
Market Watch
Click to See All CONTESTS available from WRAL.com
Bundle & Save! Get free delivery of a PODS® container - See how
advertisement
WRAL.com welcomes your comments on this story. All comments are moderated prior to publication based on our posting guidelines. Please review them prior to posting and if your message is not approved.
This story is closed for comments. Comments on WRAL.com news stories are accepted and moderated between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Monday through Friday.