Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr says he's hoping to make a permanent investment in making sure the language is preserved. First-language speakers are Cherokee citizens who have been speaking Cherokee since they ...

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 ...

The Cherokee Nation is using its first doses of coronavirus vaccine to preserve culture in addition to saving lives. Cherokees, based in eastern Oklahoma, have directed some of their early doses of ...

In the spring of 2021, Motorola added support for two Indigenous languages spoken in Latin America as part of a push to make its products more inclusive and accessible. Now, any Motorola phone running ...

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 ...

Duke University’s Trinity College of Arts & Sciences will offer a new Cherokee language course series. (Photo/Courtesy) For the first time ever, this fall semester Duke’s Trinity College of Arts & ...

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 ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Meda Nix of Oklahoma, one of the Cherokee speakers who was an early recipient of a vaccine. The vaccinations are being given to people keeping the language alive. The ...

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 ...

Cherokee Nation citizens met today for a gathering to celebrate the Cherokee language. Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr says he’s hoping to make a permanent investment in making sure the language is preserved.

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 ...