Guest Opinion. Four years ago, the Durbin Feeling Language Preservation Act launched Cherokee Nation on a historic journey to preserving and perpetuating the Cherokee language. Language has always ...

For the first time ever, this fall semester Duke’s Trinity College of Arts & Sciences will offer an Indigenous United States language — Cherokee. The new course recognizes the intertwined history of ...

Cherokee Nation Deputy Chief Bryan Warner speaks about the tribe’s new Cherokee Language Dictionary app during a celebration event with the app’s developers. (Photo/Cherokee Nation) Cherokee Nation ...

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 ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — We're revisiting the effort to help preserve the Cherokee language. Earlier this year, tribal leaders permanently reauthorized the Durbin Feeling Language Preservation Act, ...

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 — ...

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 ...

He could dismiss the obvious reasons a kid might want an iPhone, except for this -- he's a proud Cherokee and buying his daughter the phone just might help keep the tribe's language alive. Nearly two ...

Editor’s note: The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, along with two other federally-recognized tribes of Cherokee people, declared in 2019 a state of emergency for the nation’s language. The United ...

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 ...