SAVING TSALAGI: Songwriter Kalyn Fay (Cherokee Nation, Muscogee Creek), who performs on the album Anvdvnelisgi (ᎠᏅᏛᏁᎵᏍᎩ), will perform at The Way We Speak with the World on Aug. 5. Photo courtesy of ...

In 2021, Francis was admitted as an honorary member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indian for “his work in preserving the Cherokee language”, after “a decade getting to know the speakers and working ...

TULSA, Okla. — Two Oklahoma-based tribal nations are not just honoring their history, but making history in pop culture through dubbing native languages in prominent streaming shows. “We were wanting ...

Like many other indigenous languages, the Cherokee language has lost native speakers over the years. However, on Dec. 3, language preservation efforts got a boost from who else but the U.S. Department ...

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 University’s Trinity College of Arts & Sciences will offer a new Cherokee language course series. (Photo/Courtesy) For the first time ever, this fall semester Duke’s Trinity College of Arts & ...

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 ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Cherokee Nation and the U.S. Department of the Interior partnered to help preserve and advance Native languages. Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. signed a memorandum ...

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 ...

MARS HILL - The Cherokee were the first settlers of Madison County and left pictographs on Paint Rock in what is now Hot Springs, some of them detailing the reputed magical powers of the mineral ...

Sometimes, it's not the meaning of a song's lyrics that get to you. It's the emotion in the singer's voice. That holds true even if the song is in a language you don't understand. My name is Agalisiga ...