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The album, ᎠᏅᏛᏁᎵᏍᎩ (Anvdvnelisgi), is sung entirely in the Cherokee language and features metal, hip hop and folk artists. Its creators want to get more people speaking the language while jamming out.

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.

On Jan. 21, the Cherokee Language Master Apprentice Program graduated its largest cohort yet.

News Release Cherokee Nation The Cherokee Nation hosted the launch of the United Nations’ International Decade of Indigenous Languages in Tahlequah last week.

In the Sept. 30 Culture Committee meeting, the Tribal Council received updated plans to further the Cherokee language through various programs and partnerships.

PARK HILL – With an estimated 2,500 fluent Cherokee speakers worldwide, the Cherokee Nation’s investment in the preservation and promotion of the Cherokee language has never been more important. According to a CN press release, an exhibit at the John Ross Museum is providing a closer look at how that investment has been implemented in classroom settings, from the Cherokee Immersion School to the Cherokee Language Master Apprentice Program, and everything in between.  The release st...

Now, as a young adult, the Tahlequah, Oklahoma, resident is taking part in a unique program to train Cherokee Nation citizens and those interested in Cherokee culture to become highly proficient in the language by paying them to study it. It’s one that is quickly disappearing. “It’s in my family and I would like to kind of like, build it back and strengthen it back amongst some of our younger generation that we have and then, it’s just a passion that I’ve had — probably since senio...