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UAW strike will hit Illinois pocketbook Near-term impacts to the credit of various U.S. states including Illinois aren’t expected by the United Auto Workers’ strike, but Fitch Ratings says a protracted work stoppage cou...

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The Cherokee Nation Culture Committee discussed recent acquisitions, special exhibits, and language preservation efforts during a recent meeting.

Native Californian tribes never "lost" their tribal languages. In fact, they've tried desperately to preserve them and bring them back into more widespread use — despite attempts by Western culture to suppress them. Here's a look at the progress some tribal groups have made in bringing Indigenous languages out of dormancy.

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...