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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.
In the March 31 Culture Committee meeting, Cherokee Nation Language Department Executive Director Howard Paden provided several updates on services and projects that are happening within the language department.
A Cherokee language preservation program focused on schoolchildren in grades pre-K through eighth grade has grown over the past 20 years from 26 students to 100-plus students.