Sedi Eastwood’s goal of becoming a teacher of the Cherokee language has happened as she teaches the language to students at Kansas and Jay schools in Delaware County.
Learning the Cherokee language is more accessible than ever with the language being available to learn anywhere from in-person classes to the comfort of your own home and even on-the-go.
As time marches forward, Indigenous languages have either seen a decline in first language speakers or languages have been lost due to colonization and Native boarding schools.
News Release Cherokee Nation The Cherokee Nation hosted the launch of the United Nations’ International Decade of Indigenous Languages in Tahlequah last week.