Arneach is learning the language with her granddaughter, and they play language games together at home. Arneach said one important motive for her continued enrollment in language classes is the desire ...

Duke University’s Trinity College of Arts & Sciences will offer a new Cherokee language course series. (Photo/Courtesy) For the first time ever, this fall semester Duke’s Trinity College of Arts & ...

At Maxwell Park Library's Thursday night Cherokee language class, teachers are students and vice versa. About two years ago, the class's former instructor resigned because of an illness, so a group of ...

A SPECIAL PLACE: Western Carolina University students who are members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians hold "wi," a symbol in the Cherokee language for "place." Photo courtesy of WCU In ...

Jan 26, 2024 Jan 26, 2024 Updated Jan 27, 2024 0 The Cherokee Nation is going viral with some of its most recent efforts to keep the Cherokee language alive and revitalize its language education ...

TAHLEQUAH — Cherokee Nation leaders and Cherokee language speakers joined representatives of Kiwa Digital Ltd. to unveil the new Cherokee Language Dictionary app during a celebration at Durbin Feeling ...

After debuting in fall 2023, the Cherokee language program at Yale is seeking to expand its course offerings. As the University’s first and only Indigenous language track for credit, the Cherokee ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. Though Jacob Chavez grew up around family members who spoke ...

SALINA, Okla. — Free Cherokee language classes will be held at Salina Early Learning Academy in August and September. The classes will be held on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. starting on ...

Even before the pandemic hit, the Cherokee Nation was dealing with a crisis: the potential disappearance of its native language. Only about 2,000 people can speak the Cherokee language fluently. And ...

Cherokee Nation’s tribal complex in Tahlequah that's intended to host a centralized language center. (Source: Cherokee Nation facebook) The Cherokee Nation has for decades actively worked to increase ...

Long before the world had ever heard of COVID-19, the Cherokee language was in trouble. Last year, the three tribes in the U.S. declared a state of emergency because there are now so few fluent ...