Two hundred years ago, the brilliant statesman and inventor Sequoyah presented the Cherokee syllabary to the Cherokee Nation. This year we are honoring the bicentennial of Sequoyah’s historic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. $20 million Durbin Feeling Language Center in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. (Photo/Courtesy of the Cherokee Nation) Guest Opinion. The ...

More than three dozen people crowded into a room at the Northeastern State University Center for a seminar centered on preserving the Cherokee language. “Stoking a Fire: Student Presentations on ...

A nation far flung, miles and miles of unpaved roads and a people wary of speaking with outsiders: Two storytellers faced a slew of hurdles when they set out to chronicle the dwindling Cherokee ...

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Press release from Western Carolina University: Mock-up of panels in Cherokee Language and Culture Exhibition. Ramona Lossie created the basket weave design. Western Carolina University’s Bardo Arts ...

Howard Paden works daily to preserve Cherokee language and lifeways. Jeff Edwards brings the Cherokee Syllabary into his award-winning art, and Mary Jean Robertson uplifts Native voices through 50 ...

He could dismiss the obvious reasons a kid might want an iPhone, except for this -- he's a proud Cherokee and buying his daughter the phone just might help keep the tribe's language alive. Nearly two ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — We're revisiting the effort to help preserve the Cherokee language. Earlier this year, tribal leaders permanently reauthorized the Durbin Feeling Language Preservation Act, ...

TAHLEQUAH - Cherokee language speakers now have their choice of computer operating systems for their tech needs. Launched Wednesday at Sequoyah High School, Cherokee is now available as part of the ...