The Cherokee Nation’s Cherokee Language Master/Apprentice Program graduated seven students Friday, March 20, during a special commencement ceremony at the Durbin Feeling Language Center in Tahlequah.

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, Oklahoma – The nation's largest Indigenous tribe, with more than 430,000 citizens, is stepping up efforts to preserve its native language, with immersion schools and programs designed to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 14—Cherokee language learners have a lot of resources at their fingertips. From community classes and speaking groups to ...

TAJLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation announced a grant worth up to $900,000 over the next three years from the United States Department of the Interior to help boost Cherokee language efforts. The ...

For Cherokee Nation, like most tribes in America, language is the vital thread that holds our heritage together. Our language is embedded with unique concepts and knowledge that are purely Cherokee ...

The Cherokee Nation has developed a new program to help Cherokee speakers. The Nation’s News outlet says the program is called the ‘Speaker Service’ and it has already spent $1.2 million on more than ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (KFOR) – The Cherokee Nation celebrated the grand opening of the historic Durbin Feeling Language Center on Tuesday. Cherokee speakers from across the United States gathered with ...

The Lost City district is the state's first to offer classes in the language that was once banned in schools. LOST CITY -- A person entering the Lost City school superintendent's office will pass ...

A nation far flung, miles and miles of unpaved roads and a people wary of speaking with outsiders: Two storytellers faced a slew of hurdles when they set out to chronicle the dwindling Cherokee ...

Press release from Western Carolina University: Mock-up of panels in Cherokee Language and Culture Exhibition. Ramona Lossie created the basket weave design. Western Carolina University’s Bardo Arts ...