More "There was a shift about 65 years ago, where people born before that grew up speaking Cherokee language, and people after that didn’t,” Francis said. “And so by 2005, the Eastern Band ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – Clifford Bark, a fluent Cherokee language speaker, remembers in second grade when he couldn’t copy English words on his paper the teacher wrote on the board. “The next day ...

The Cherokee Nation has several language programs, including one for beginners. Registration is open now for a free online class that begins September 11th, taught by Ed Fields.

Education advocates are launching a multi-year program to develop a game and to teach the Denaakk’e language in schools. That ...

Free Cherokee language classes will be held at Salina Early Learning Academy in August and September. The classes will be ...

The Cherokee language has some fascinating qualities. For example, Cherokee — like Japanese — uses a syllabary writing system instead of an alphabet like English, Russian, or Hindi.

Language expert Tom Belt translates some of the earliest evidence of Cherokee writing. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians archaeologist Beau Carroll and Cherokee Nation citizen and historian Julie ...

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 Cherokee Language Immersion School began in 2001, putting infants through adults into a primarily Cherokee-speaking environment. Here, a student uses an iPad to learn the Cherokee syllabary.

He had 15 students take Cherokee One in the fall and nine return for Cherokee Two in the spring. He’s hoping for even more students this fall. “They learned quite a bit from what I saw.

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