Guest Opinion. The Cherokee language is the heart of who we are as a people. It carries our history, our way of life, and the ...

The pandemic has hit Native American communities hard. Among those affected are speakers of the endangered Cherokee language. Edna Raper was a fluent Cherokee speaker. She died of COVID-19 at age 67.

The Cherokee Nation held its seventh annual First-Language Cherokee Speakers Gathering Oct. 23 at the Chota Center to honor Cherokee language speakers and celebrate the tribe’s recent advances ...

Duke University introduced a new language class this fall semester: Cherokee. The course is part of Duke’s Native American Studies Initiative, which aims to raise the visibility of Indigenous ...

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 ...

The Cherokee language is the heart of who we are as a people. It carries our history, our way of life, and the values that ...