Guest Opinion. Four years ago, the Durbin Feeling Language Preservation Act launched Cherokee Nation on a historic journey to preserving and perpetuating the Cherokee language. Language has always ...

Even before the pandemic hit, the Cherokee Nation was dealing with a crisis: the potential disappearance of its native language. Only about 2,000 people can speak the Cherokee language fluently. And ...

"The Cherokee language is sacred. It's our language, and we have an obligation to save it," says Howard Paden, a Cherokee Nation citizen. He says the tribe is working really hard to preserve the ...

So few people speak Cherokee now, the language is considered endangered. But there are ongoing efforts to keep it alive. The latest endeavor involves technology most people carry around every day.

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 ...

By itself, being able to read smartphone home screens in Cherokee won't be enough to safeguard the Indigenous language, endangered after a long history of erasure. But it might be a step toward ...

The Cherokee Nation is set to open the historic Durbin Feeling Language Center this week, the Cherokee Nation announced. The Durbin Feeling Language Center will house all the tribe's language programs ...

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, ...

In a historic cultural initiative, the Cherokee Nation has teamed up with DreamWorks Animation and NBCUniversal to produce a ...

The famous animated 2010 film, How to Train Your Dragon, is now streaming on Peacock in the Cherokee language.