Arneach is learning the language with her granddaughter, and they play language games together at home. Arneach said one important motive for her continued enrollment in language classes is the desire ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dr. Brittany Hunt grew up in Robeson County, North Carolina, where there's a large Indigenous population. But when she got to college, she was just one of a few Native students on campus. That’s when ...

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 ...

We hear from singer Agalisiga Mackey, whose song "Tsitsutsa Tsigesv" was a standout submission to this year's Tiny Desk Contest. Sometimes, it's not the meaning of a song's lyrics that get to you.