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 ...

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, ...

A SPECIAL PLACE: Western Carolina University students who are members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians hold "wi," a symbol in the Cherokee language for "place." Photo courtesy of WCU In ...

Jan 26, 2024 Jan 26, 2024 Updated Jan 27, 2024 0 The Cherokee Nation is going viral with some of its most recent efforts to keep the Cherokee language alive and revitalize its language education ...

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 ...

Cherokee Nation’s tribal complex in Tahlequah that's intended to host a centralized language center. (Source: Cherokee Nation facebook) The Cherokee Nation has for decades actively worked to increase ...

Among his pupils is 54-year-old Jeri Wood. She's a fifth-grade teacher, who once listened to her Cherokee grandmother tell woeful stories of the Trail of Tears. Now that Wood can understand her people ...

Cherokee Nation citizens who are a junior or senior in high school have just six days left to apply for the Rogers State University Language Concurrent Scholarship. This is an opportunity for students ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Author's note: The video above first aired in January 2020, as part of a separate story about a student learning American Sign Language. By itself, being able to read smartphone ...

The Cherokee Nation is set to host a series of free lunch and learn sessions in Tahlequah this spring, focusing on educating the public about Cherokee history a ...