For the first time ever, this fall semester Duke’s Trinity College of Arts & Sciences will offer an Indigenous United States language — Cherokee. The new course recognizes the intertwined history of ...

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, ...

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 ...

After debuting in fall 2023, the Cherokee language program at Yale is seeking to expand its course offerings. As the University’s first and only Indigenous language track for credit, the Cherokee ...

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 ...

Earlier this year, the three Cherokee tribes in the U.S., including the Eastern Band of Cherokee in western North Carolina, announced their language is in a state of emergency because of a shortage of ...

Dr. Hartwell Francis reads from a hand-printed Cherokee language book made in partnership with Western Carolina University. (Photo by Anya Petrone Slepyan/The Daily Yonder) At the entrance to the New ...