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The Cherokee Nation’s Cherokee Language Master/Apprentice Program graduated seven students recently during a commencement ceremony at the Chota Center in Tahlequah.

I am extremely proud that one of the first bills that President Joe Biden signed into law in 2023 was the Durbin Feeling Native American Languages Act.

A Native American languages act and legislation named after a respected Cherokee linguist were recently signed into law by President Joe Biden.

Cherokee language is core to our culture and our identity as a distinct people. Since European contact, the Cherokee people have been tested by wars, disease, broken treaties, forced removal,

Released last month on Tulsa-based nonprofit label Horton Records, the album features Cherokee performers working in a wide array of genres.

The highly anticipated Cherokee Nation Durbin Feeling Language Center celebrated a grand opening on Nov. 15 with more than 2,000 people in attendance for the historic occasion.

The Dinoyotli Festival continued with its second event at the Saline Courthouse grounds on Nov. 7 where students from area schools participated in Cherokee cultural demonstrations.

All Native American languages are in danger of being lost. In Oklahoma, there were once 37 Indigenous languages spoken; 22 of those languages are now extinct.

This is the KGOU AM NewsBrief for Monday, Nov. 14, 2022.

The Cherokee Nation is set to open the historic Durbin Feeling Language Center at a grand opening celebration Tuesday, Nov. 15. at 10 a.m.