This song translated in our Cherokee language will move you! Cherokee Language Master Apprentice Program Graduate Mikah Glass, 28, of Greasy led the song Wednesday during the graduation ceremony. The song is a tribute to those speakers who have passed on. | 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

Congratulations to the Spring 2025 Cherokee Language Master Apprentice Program graduates! ❤️ ᎠᎹᏰᏟ (Michael Fields) of Wauhillau ᎤᎪᏌᏓ (Katera Grayson) of Gore ᏲᎾ (Jacob Mankiller) of Rocky Mountain ᏓᎳᎳ (Michael McCoy) of Cookson ᎠᏂᏥᏈᏍᏗ ᎠᏂᎤᏬᎭᎵ (Cherokee Smith) of Tahlequah ᏥᏴᏂᏍᏗ (Billie Jean Teehee) of Bell After two years of intense study and immersion in the #CherokeeLanguage and culture, these six students officially graduated Friday evening during a graduation ceremony in Tahlequah. ᎣᏍᏓ! | Che

Cherokee Nation has begun language courses for at-large Cherokee communities across the U.S. as part of a new program for at-large citizens who want to learn their language. This is just one of many ways the Cherokee Nation is working to promote and revitalize our precious Cherokee language. See a schedule of upcoming at-large Cherokee language courses in the comments below ⬇️⬇️ More language classes are being scheduled for our at-large communities. ➡ For questions or more information about thes

#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