Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. addressed the largest gathering of first-language and fluent Cherokee speakers in ...

Arneach is learning the language with her granddaughter, and they play language games together at home. Arneach said one important motive for her continued enrollment in language classes is the desire ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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 ...

National conference highlighted a year of instruction and networking for new language program This year marks the 200th anniversary of the Cherokee language being adopted by the Cherokee Nation that — ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Meda Nix of Oklahoma, one of the Cherokee speakers who was an early recipient of a vaccine. The vaccinations are being given to people keeping the language alive. The ...