Discusses the transforming events in Cherokee art history such as the entry of European explorers into the Southeast, the Trail of Tears, the American Civil War, and the signing of treaties with the US government. This illustrated work features some of the finest examples of Cherokee art in private, corporate, and museum collections.

The entry of European explorers into the Southeast, the Trail of Tears, the American Civil War, and the signing of treaties with the U.S. government are among the transforming events in Cherokee art history that Power discusses. In the twentieth century, as Cherokee artists joined the mainstream art world, they helped shape the Native American Fine Art Movement. Today, Cherokee artists continue to create in an artistic voice that is uniquely Cherokee - a voice that is both traditional and contemporary.