The Tohi Edasdi (a place of peace or to get well) Recovery Community Center offers authentic peer support and vital resource connections for individuals living on the Qualla Boundary and in the surrounding counties.
Operated by Certified Peer Support Specialists who are also enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the center provides a culturally rooted, welcoming space where community members can find support and connection.
VOLUNTEER at our Tohi Drop In Recovery Center! Fill out this quick FORM HERE and someone will be in touch soon!
Located at 52 Keener Cabin Road on the Qualla Boundary in Cherokee, NC 28719 or call 828-506-8505 for more information or directions. Sgi
Come join us for a support group and culturally aligned activity!
Our Peer Support Specialists can get you connected to:
- Wellness Options
- MAT (Medication Assisted Treatment)
- Food, Clothing & Hygiene Supplies
- Employment Assistance
- Community Navigation
- Transition/Halfway Housing
- Help Obtaining an I.D.
- Harm Reduction Services/Naloxone
- Education/Training
Located at 52 Keener Cabin Road on the Qualla Boundary in Cherokee, NC. 28719. Call the main number at 828-506-8505 to speak to a Certified Peer Support Specialist and enrolled member of the EBCI.
Breakdown of the logo:
Basket: a rivercane basket specifically chosen by Sunrise staff member, Bumper Smith. His grandfather’s sister Rowena Bradley was well-known for her river cane baskets (Cherokee Traditions | People | Rowena Bradley) The pattern is also one that she used often called “Cross on the hill” or “Chief’s Daughter”.
The 3 veggies are the “three sisters”: They were grown together because the corn stalks supported the beans and the squash kept weeds from sprouting up and choking the other two plants. It was a symbiotic relationship between the three, reflecting the harmonious balance of Tohi; all three plants functioning in a way that benefits each other promoting healthy growth for community consumption!
The star at the top is a seven-pointed star symbolizing our seven clans. Additionally, Bumper wanted the star to also represent a “sun,” reflecting Sunrise Community for Recovery and Wellness.
The lettering on the basket is the center name Tohi edasdi- “A place of peace or to get well” written in Cherokee syllabary.
We call the center “Tohi”- which denotes something or everything that is moving at its own speed, utterly at peace.
A person who is “Tohi” is upright, balanced, moving at a natural gait