The Cherokee Nation, one of the largest tribes in the U.S., estimates that there remain only 2,000 people for whom Cherokee is their first language, and most of them are over the age of 70.

ᎤᎶᎩᎳ / Schon Duncan is a proud member of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, a Cherokee language activist, and co-director of the feature-length film ᏓᏗᏬᏂᏏ (We Will Speak). While there are ...

Cherokee language syllabary. Arriving at Duke in 2022, Lewis is the inaugural director of the university’s Native American Studies Initiative (NASI). Last year, she helped launch the Cherokee Language ...

Though the Cherokee language has been spoken for thousands of years, it was considered critically endangered by the beginning of the 21st century. This was no accident – policies requiring Native ...

Students can enroll in Cherokee 1 beginning this fall, and Cherokee 2 in spring, 2025. In addition to these introductory courses, intermediate courses will begin during the 2025–2026 academic year.

The Cherokee Language Immersion School began in 2001, putting infants through adults into a primarily Cherokee-speaking environment. Here, a student uses an iPad to learn the Cherokee syllabary.

Our language doesn't have to be translated into modern-type terms, or anything like that," said Howard Paden, executive director of the Cherokee Nation Language Department.

Duke will offer a series of Cherokee language courses this fall, marking the first time an Indigenous language will be taught at the University. Announced July 23, the course series begins in fall ...

Their ongoing efforts received outside help on Dec. 3. The USDA announced $997,943 in grant money to help the Cherokee Nation teach the Cherokee language to more than 28,000 Oklahoma public school ...

The new Cherokee Language class is a four-course series. It’s supported by the partnership for less commonly taught languages through the cultural anthropology department at Duke.

Access to Cherokee-language learning materials is critical for the school’s immersion program. But such materials are not widely available, which has forced Francis and the school’s teachers ...

Our language doesn't have to be translated into modern-type terms, or anything like that," said Howard Paden, executive director of the Cherokee Nation Language Department.