By itself, being able to read smartphone home screens in Cherokee won’t be enough to safeguard the Indigenous language, endangered after a long history of erasure. But it might be a step toward ...

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 ...

Guest Opinion.Language connects us to our ancestors, our identity and our place in the world. For Cherokee Nation, preserving and revitalizing our unique language is a sacred duty. With every word of ...

Even before the pandemic hit, the Cherokee Nation was dealing with a crisis: the potential disappearance of its native language. Only about 2,000 people can speak the Cherokee language fluently. And ...

Indigenous language warriors from around the world say their language is their identity and their identity is their everything. The Cherokee Nation says there was once 350 Indigenous languages spoken ...

That’s the hope of Principal Chief Richard Sneed of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, who’s counting on more inclusive consumer technology — and the involvement of a major tech company — to help ...

That's the hope of Principal Chief Richard Sneed of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, who's counting on more inclusive consumer technology — and the involvement of a major tech company — to help ...