Tag: Cherokee
Laws to Preserve Cherokee Renewed
Last month in Talequah, Oklahoma, the Cherokee Nation renewed a law aimed at preserving the Cherokee language.
At an official ceremony, Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin...
Cherokee Linguist Honored by Senate Act and Center
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chair of the committee,...
Cherokee Nation Uses Covid Vaccine to Preserve Language
As the United States has begun distributing the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines against Covid-19, communities across the country have grappled with fairly and effectively...
New Bipartisan Native American Language Bill
On October 30, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) commemorated the 30th anniversary of the Native...
Texting in Cherokee
Cherokee language supporters collaborated with Google two years ago to launch a Cherokee language interface and Cherokee language version of Google's email service. Whether it’s Cherokee YouTube...
Preserving Cherokee in the U.S.
The near demise of the Cherokee language came largely thanks to the U.S. government. Most Cherokee were forced to make a brutal march from...
