TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation's Cherokee Language Master/Apprentice Program graduated 8 students during a special commencement at the Chota Center. Erlinda Soap (ᏓᎦᏏ), of Lyons Switch; Jarren ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. addressed the largest gathering of first-language and fluent Cherokee speakers in ...

Dr. Hartwell Francis reads from a hand-printed Cherokee language book made in partnership with Western Carolina University. (Photo by Anya Petrone Slepyan/The Daily Yonder) At the entrance to the New ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 14—Cherokee language learners have a lot of resources at their fingertips. From community classes and speaking groups to ...

Duke will offer a series of Cherokee language courses this fall, marking the first time an Indigenous language will be taught at the University. Announced July 23, the course series begins in fall ...

The University of Tulsa is renewing its efforts to help preserve the Cherokee language. This is one of several efforts underway to teach more people the language, which is considered to be extremely ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (KFOR) – The Cherokee Nation is ready to open the renowned Durbin Feeling Language Center on November 15. Historic Durbin Feeling Language Center. Image courtesy Cherokee Nation. The ...

National conference highlighted a year of instruction and networking for new language program This year marks the 200th anniversary of the Cherokee language being adopted by the Cherokee Nation that — ...

TAJLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation announced a grant worth up to $900,000 over the next three years from the United States Department of the Interior to help boost Cherokee language efforts. The ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla., June 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Among the more than 380,000 citizens of the Cherokee Nation -- the largest tribe in the U.S. -- there are roughly 2,000 fluent Cherokee speakers, ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (KFOR) – The Cherokee Nation celebrated the grand opening of the historic Durbin Feeling Language Center on Tuesday. Cherokee speakers from across the United States gathered with ...

For Cherokee Nation, like most tribes in America, language is the vital thread that holds our heritage together. Our language is embedded with unique concepts and knowledge that are purely Cherokee ...