Owen Scott knows so many beautiful words. Count them all, and you'd have more than 70 years worth of "I love yous" and "Hold my hands." But if it weren't for folks like Scott, so many of his pretty ...

The Cherokee Nation and Middle-earth are converging in a powerful new project that will give the language of the largest tribe in the United States a new global platform. For more than a year, ...

Patrick Del Percio first showed an interest in learning the Cherokee language at the age of seven, when their family visited a living history museum portraying a 1760s Cherokee village. Del Percio ...

“Beginning Cherokee I” is in its first semester, making the course Yale’s first and only Indigenous language course that students can take to count toward their Yale College language requirement.

After debuting in fall 2023, the Cherokee language program at Yale is seeking to expand its course offerings. As the University’s first and only Indigenous language track for credit, the Cherokee ...

At Maxwell Park Library's Thursday night Cherokee language class, teachers are students and vice versa. About two years ago, the class's former instructor resigned because of an illness, so a group of ...

Even before the pandemic hit, the Cherokee Nation was dealing with a crisis: the potential disappearance of its native language. Only about 2,000 people can speak the Cherokee language fluently. And ...

SALINA, Okla. — Free Cherokee language classes will be held at Salina Early Learning Academy in August and September. The classes will be held on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. starting on ...

A nation far flung, miles and miles of unpaved roads and a people wary of speaking with outsiders: Two storytellers faced a slew of hurdles when they set out to chronicle the dwindling Cherokee ...

Three students of Cherokee Elementary School on the first bus ride of the 2024 school year. (Photo by Caroline Parker/EducationNC) This story was originally published by EducationNC. In this article, ...

Even before the pandemic hit, the Cherokee Nation was dealing with a crisis: the potential disappearance of its native language. Only about 2,000 people can speak the Cherokee language fluently. And ...