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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Duke University introduced a new language class this fall semester: Cherokee. The course is part of Duke’s Native American Studies Initiative, which aims to raise the visibility of Indigenous ...

More specifically, the budget set apart $7.5 million for Native language immersion programs in Bureau of Indian Education funded schools “that will lead to Native language oral proficiency.” In ...

An 18th-century relationship between William & Mary and the Cherokee Native Americans was renewed recently through an anthropology class’ visit to the Qualla Boundary in North Carolina, home of the ...

TULSA, Okla. — Two Oklahoma-based tribal nations are not just honoring their history, but making history in pop culture through dubbing native languages in prominent streaming shows. “We were wanting ...