Seven Cherokee Nation citizens will vie for the District 8 Tribal Council seat in the June 3 election. District 8 covers the eastern portion of Adair County, as well as
The Cherokee Nation is now accepting enrollment applications for its early childhood program at the tribe’s second Cherokee language immersion school location in Greasy. Classes are expected to begin in
As time marches forward, Indigenous languages have either seen a decline in first language speakers or languages have been lost due to colonization and Native boarding schools.
A Cherokee language preservation program focused on schoolchildren in grades pre-K through eighth grade has grown over the past 20 years from 26 students to 100-plus students.