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The Cherokee Speakers Roll is designed to identify and make record of living first language Cherokee speakers. Local community events will be held to give Cherokee first language speakers the opportunity to sign the roll and receive a Cherokee first language speaker medallion. In this video, Cherokee Nation translator David Crawler reads the foreword of the roll, by Principal Chief Bill John Baker, in Cherokee. The English translation is: "Much like an elder weaving the strength of rivercane int

#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

📚 Looking for a cute Cherokee language book for children? Check out this book from our friends at Cherokees for Black Indian History Preservation Foundation, a nonprofit organization in Tahlequah! This book is so adorable and all proceeds from its purchase goes go back into helping CBIHP Foundation preserve Cherokee and Native American history, emphasizing on Black Indian history. A great book with a great cause! ❤ Get yours today by visiting https://www.cbihpfoundation.org/cbihp-books.html. #N

We love our traditional Cherokee stories! Roy Boney, who oversees the Cherokee Nation Language department, has created an illustrated version of the story of the Cherokees fleeing their home island on canoes. The narration is by Anna Sixkiller, and was originally recorded for an exhibit at the Cherokee National History Museum in downtown Tahlequah. We hope you enjoy this story: | Cherokee Nation