Cherokee, North Carolina (WCUPR)
Chancellor John Bardo earlier this year committed Western Carolina University to joining a community-university partnership focused on revitalizing the Cherokee language.
“Language does more than allow us to communicate with each other. Language is how we conceptualize the world,” said Bardo, a sociologist by training. “I’m very excited that Western is a part of keeping alive what it means to be Cherokee.”
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Tahlequah, Oklahoma (AP)
A program that teaches the Cherokee language to Cherokee children will be featured in a PBS documentary.
A film crew and producer for “We Shall Remain” were in Tahlequah Nov. 13 to visit the Cherokee Language Immersion School and interview Principal...11-21-2008, 12:35 PM -
Cullowhee, North Carolina (ICC)
Noted Cherokee scholar Robert J. Conley, a prolific author with 80 books to his credit during a career spanning 40 years, is the new Sequoyah Distinguished Professor in Cherokee Studies at Western Carolina University.
Conley’s appointment...07-11-2008, 12:16 PM -
— TAHLEQUAH — The Cherokee Nation will be offering a Cherokee language course online through the tribe’s web site beginning Jan. 7.
The Cherokee Nation began offering language classes online in 2003. Since then, approximately 1,000 students register each session. Students from all over...12-21-2007, 10:15 AM -
Cherokee, North Carolina (AP)
The Museum of the Cherokee Indian is well on its way to raising enough money for an expansion in the North Carolina mountains.
The Asheville Citizen-Times reported during June that the Cherokee Preservation Foundation has raised nearly $2 million....07-07-2009, 11:58 AM -
I have run into more Cherokees at powwows than almost any other tribe. The Cherokee host two excellent powwows: The Cherokee 4 of July Powwow in Cherokee, North Carolina and the Cherokee Holiday Powwow in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
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