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Cherokee (ᏣᎳᎩ in Cherokee language) 〔( Talk Like A Tarheel ), from the North Carolina Collection's website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2013-02-08.〕 is a census-designated place (CDP) in Swain and Jackson counties in western North Carolina, United States, within the Qualla Boundary land trust. It is located in the Oconaluftee River Valley around the intersection of U.S. Route 19 and U.S. Route 441. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 2,138. Cherokee is the headquarters for the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation.〔(Official website ) of Cherokee and the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians〕 To continue the heritage of the Cherokee in the town, several signs for streets and buildings are written in both Cherokee syllabary and English (see image below). Cherokee was previously known as "Yellow Hill", which is still used in Cherokee : ᎡᎳᏬᏗ ''Elawodi''. ==Economy== Harrah's Cherokee Casino opened in 1997 and dramatically "changed everything from jobs to education to health care" for Cherokee tribe members; in 2005, nearly four million people visited the casino and generated a per capita profit of roughly $8,000 annually.〔(The business of gambling ), a July 6, 2005 CNN article〕 Manufacturing and textile plants which previously existed in the area have since closed or moved overseas. Before the casino, national park tourism provided work for about half of the year, and most tribal members lived off public assistance during the winter.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cherokee, North Carolina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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