Patrick Del Percio first showed an interest in learning the Cherokee language at the age of seven, when their family visited a living history museum portraying a 1760s Cherokee village. Del Percio ...

The Cherokee Nation and Middle-earth are converging in a powerful new project that will give the language of the largest tribe in the United States a new global platform. For more than a year, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Like many other indigenous languages, the Cherokee language has lost native speakers over the years. However, on Dec. 3, language preservation efforts got a boost from who else but the U.S. Department ...

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 ...

Among his pupils is 54-year-old Jeri Wood. She's a fifth-grade teacher, who once listened to her Cherokee grandmother tell woeful stories of the Trail of Tears. Now that Wood can understand her people ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Author's note: The video above first aired in January 2020, as part of a separate story about a student learning American Sign Language. By itself, being able to read smartphone ...

Cherokee Nation citizens who are a junior or senior in high school have just six days left to apply for the Rogers State University Language Concurrent Scholarship. This is an opportunity for students ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation said nearly 200 Cherokee Syllabary keyboards were donated to Cherokee speakers and those learning the Cherokee language. The keyboards allow people to easily ...