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, ...

CHEROKEE, N.C. (WTVD) -- The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in the western part of North Carolina have been working hard to preserve their rich culture especially the Cherokee language and COVID-19 ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Chuck Hoskin Jr., Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, about the importance of preserving Native languages. Language is how we connect with the world. It's how we ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, along with two other federally-recognized tribes of Cherokee people, declared in 2019 a state of emergency for the nation’s language. The United ...

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 ...

A small group of adults in Tulsa are learning to sing in Cherokee, as they revive the language some spoke and sang in childhood. It’s part of a larger effort by the Cherokee Nation to preserve and ...

Pickens County, S.C. (WSPA) – Hagood Mill Historical Site in Pickens County received a grant to teach the Cherokee Language and you can get your first taste of these lessons at a festival at the Mill ...

Students at Duke University will take a field trip to Cherokee, North Carolina as a part of the new language course. For the first time ever this fall, Duke University will offer a new online Cherokee ...

LETTERMAN: Jared Wheatley paints a slang spelling of "Cherokee Nation" in the Cherokee syllabary at The Refinery AVL. Photo by Sarah Hoski On April 3, Jared Wheatley was 20 minutes into painting the ...