Cherokee is Dennis Sixkiller’s first spoken language, but it wasn’t until the early 2000s that he learned to read and write ...

Guest Opinion.Language connects us to our ancestors, our identity and our place in the world. For Cherokee Nation, preserving and revitalizing our unique language is a sacred duty. With every word of ...

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Revitalizing Native American languages is urgent post-COVID-19, as many elders who spoke their Native languages passed away during the pandemic. Out of the 300 Indigenous languages once spoken in the ...

Dr. Brittany Hunt grew up in Robeson County, North Carolina, where there's a large Indigenous population. But when she got to college, she was just one of a few Native students on campus. That’s when ...

SAVING TSALAGI: Songwriter Kalyn Fay (Cherokee Nation, Muscogee Creek), who performs on the album Anvdvnelisgi (ᎠᏅᏛᏁᎵᏍᎩ), will perform at The Way We Speak with the World on Aug. 5. Photo courtesy of ...

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 ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Cherokee Nation and the U.S. Department of the Interior partnered to help preserve and advance Native languages. Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. signed a memorandum ...

Language is how we connect with the world. It's how we understand who we are, how we pass on heritage. It's how I'm talking to you right now. But languages need people who know them to survive. And ...