Language is one of the most important aspects of Cherokee culture. Learn how to say “language” with Cherokee Word of the Week. | Visit Cherokee Nation

New efforts are underway to record and preserve our beautiful Cherokee language. ❤️ The Cherokee Nation Language Department has been meeting with Cherokee Speakers to record their conversations and has already recorded 282 Cherokee Speakers speaking for a total of 352.5 hours, with a goal of reaching 10,000 hours. The hope is that these recordings will assist and be a point of reference for second-language learners in the future. Speakers being recorded for this project must be fluent and posses

#ICYMI: A documentary months in the making, listen to the stories of Cherokee first language speakers and the efforts of the tribe to revitalize our language for the next generation of Cherokees. The first documentary of its kind for the Cherokee Nation, ᏣᎳᎩ ᎣᏥᏬᏂᏍᎪᎢ ᎠᎭᏂ | Cherokee Spoken Here. | Cherokee Nation