Students at the U of A have the opportunity to learn the Cherokee language from a native speaker.

Growing up in the 1960s, he learned Cherokee first, English second. The language was still thriving in small towns like Greasy, Jay, Pumpkin Hallow and others across northeastern Oklahoma.

But if it weren't for folks like Scott, so many of his pretty words — the ones spoken in Cherokee — would be forgotten. So each Thursday night, Scott passes on his ancestors' language and ...

Cherokee can be a challenging language to learn, adds Sneed. It uses a syllabary: 85 written symbols, each of which signifies a different syllable.

A collaboration between the New Kituwah Academy and Western Carolina University produces screen-printed books for learning Cherokee in a way that captures and reflects cultural sensibilities of ...

The University of Tulsa is renewing its efforts to help preserve the Cherokee language. This is one of several efforts underway to teach more people the language, which is considered to be ...

Free Cherokee language classes will be held at Salina Early Learning Academy in August and September.

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 ...

In its second year, the Cherokee language program is seeking to expand its course offerings. Meanwhile, a funding gap has put Yale’s non-credit Indigenous language program on hold.

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 ...

While there are 430,000 Cherokee citizens in the three federally recognized tribes, fewer than 2,000 fluent speakers remain—the majority of whom are elderly. The documentary chronicles the efforts of ...

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 ...