Guest Opinion. The language that our ancestors spoke to pass along Cherokee wisdom through countless generations; that the unique Cherokee genius Sequoyah created a syllabary for; that Cherokee hero ...

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 ...

Benjamin Frey, American Studies professor at the University of North Carolina, sits under the native Ilex vomitoria tree on campus in Chapel Hill, N.C., Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Frey, a member of the ...

Members of the Cherokee Nation say there are less than 2,000 first-language Cherokee speakers left. They are fighting to keep their language alive. The Cherokee people believe their language is a gift ...

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 ...

“Beginning Cherokee I” is in its first semester, making the course Yale’s first and only Indigenous language course that students can take to count toward their Yale College language requirement.

The Cherokee Nation and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians are gathering to preserve and protect the language, culture, and history of the tribe. Groups gathered in Cherokee, North Carolina to sign a ...

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 ...

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 ...