Cherokee Nation: Chief Chat - Durbin Feeling Language Center Starts a New Chapter in Cherokee Language Revitalization
TAHLEQUAH, Oklahoma, Nov. 19 (TNStalk) -- The Cherokee Nation, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following statement on Nov. 18, 2022, by Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin:
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Cherokee language is core to our culture and our identity as a distinct people. Since European contact, the Cherokee people have been tested by wars, disease, broken treaties, forced removal, the suppression of our government, and the taking of our children away from their fam . . .
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Cherokee language is core to our culture and our identity as a distinct people. Since European contact, the Cherokee people have been tested by wars, disease, broken treaties, forced removal, the suppression of our government, and the taking of our children away from their fam . . .