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 & ...

After debuting in fall 2023, the Cherokee language program at Yale is seeking to expand its course offerings. As the University’s first and only Indigenous language track for credit, the Cherokee ...

Dozens of Indigenous nations have launched programs to teach their languages, but more urgent efforts are needed to train fluent speakers before it’s too late. AIHEC is aware of 35 Native American ...

Editor’s note: The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, along with two other federally-recognized tribes of Cherokee people, declared in 2019 a state of emergency for the nation’s language. The United ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Cherokee Nation and the U.S. Department of the Interior partnered to help preserve and advance Native languages. Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. signed a memorandum ...

Yale has informally offered Indigenous languages as part of the University’s curriculum for over seven years through the Native American Cultural Center and the Directed Independent Language Study ...

LETTERMAN: Jared Wheatley paints a slang spelling of "Cherokee Nation" in the Cherokee syllabary at The Refinery AVL. Photo by Sarah Hoski On April 3, Jared Wheatley was 20 minutes into painting the ...

When I (Nakamura) first arrived in the U.S. for a postdoctoral fellowship, the anxiety of speaking English struck the first moment I put my feet in the immigration hall at Miami International Airport.

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Experience the fight of Native Americans to keep their languages and ways of life alive. Celebrate the power of Native languages and the inspirational people who are saving them. From secret ...

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