Guest Opinion. In today’s age, when technology can often leave us feeling disconnected from our cultural roots, Cherokee ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Cherokee Nation and Middle-earth are converging in a powerful new project that will give the language of the largest tribe in the United States a new global platform. For more than a year, ...
That’s the hope of Principal Chief Richard Sneed of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, who’s counting on more inclusive consumer technology — and the involvement of a major tech company — to help ...
There are currently roughly 290,000 Cherokee people in the world today. But only about 8,000 of those tribal members speak the Cherokee language. A disturbing trend that tribal leaders hope to reverse ...
“The Cherokee learned that if you ask a question and you are patient, after seven days it will answer itself.” The penultimate line from the first ever animation in the Cherokee language — named “The ...
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Nine-year-old Lauren Hummingbird wants a cell phone for Christmas — and not just any old phone, but an iPhone. Such a request normally would be met with skepticism by her father, ...
Professional sports teams have long been scrutinized for their use of Native American culture and imagery. In response to renewed discussions about these issues, the Atlanta Braves are launching a new ...
In the spring of 2021, Motorola added support for two Indigenous languages spoken in Latin America as part of a push to make its products more inclusive and accessible. Now, any Motorola phone running ...
The Cherokee Nation is using its first doses of coronavirus vaccine to preserve culture in addition to saving lives. Cherokees, based in eastern Oklahoma, have directed some of their early doses of ...