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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 â With an estimated 2,500 fluent Cherokee speakers worldwide, the Cherokee Nationâs 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 states the exhibit CWY 101: Cherokee Language Preservation in the Classroom runs through Dec. 31 and i...
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 senior year of high school,” Chavez says. “I just wanted to have that part of my identity and I’ve ...