Cherokee Language Program News Today

By Dave Russell

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Sara Snyder Hopkins, assistant professor and director of the Cherokee Language Program at Western Ca

After a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Cherokee Speakers Bureau returned on April 13.

News Release Cherokee Nation The Cherokee Nation is recognizing Friday, October 15 as “Sequoyah Day” in honor of the 200th anniversary of Sequoyah’s creation

TAHLEQUAH – The Cherokee Nation is recognizing Friday, Oct. 15 as “Sequoyah Day” in honor of the 200th anniversary of Sequoyah’s creation of the Cherokee Syllabary.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Cherokee Nation citizen Thomas Belt was honored on May 15 by the Western Carolina University board of trustees with the school’s highest honorary degree, a doctorate of humane letters. Belt, who speaks the western dialect of the Cherokee language, retired in 2018 as coordinator of WCU’s Cherokee Language Program. According to a WCU press release, his work to preserve and revitalize the Cherokee language and traditional culture have had “profound si...

WCU honors former scholar Thomas Belt with doctorate of humane letters    CULLOWHEE – Western Carolina University Board of Trustees awarded Cherokee scholar Thomas Belt with its highest honorary degree, doctorate of humane letters, as part of its commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 15. Western Carolina University Board of Trustees awarded Cherokee scholar Thomas Belt with its highest honorary degree, doctorate of humane letters, as part of its commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 15. (...