SALINA, Okla. — Free Cherokee language classes will be held at Salina Early Learning Academy in August and September. The classes will be held on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. starting on ...

Some linguists estimate that roughly half of the world’s 7,000 or so languages are on the verge of extinction. A language might die out when a small territory is forced to integrate with a ruling ...

The Cherokee Nation and Middle-earth are converging in a powerful new project that will give the language of the largest tribe in the United States a new global platform. For more than a year, ...

John “Bullet” Standingdeer grew up hunting, fishing and swimming in the same mountains his Cherokee ancestors had occupied for thousands of years. He later started performing his tribe’s native dances ...

Patrick Del Percio first showed an interest in learning the Cherokee language at the age of seven, when their family visited a living history museum portraying a 1760s Cherokee village. Del Percio ...

"I speak a little Cherokee." It's intimidating introducing yourself to a roomful of strangers with words that seem to bunch up in your mouth, rather than trip off your tongue, but everyone was game.