The Cherokee are still the largest indigenous people of North America today. In contrast to the "talking leaves" of the English and the secessionist colonists with whom they concluded treaties, the ...

Two hundred years ago, the brilliant statesman and inventor Sequoyah presented the Cherokee syllabary to the Cherokee Nation. This year we are honoring the bicentennial of Sequoyah’s historic ...

Cherokee is Dennis Sixkiller’s first spoken language, but it wasn’t until the early 2000s that he learned to read and write ...

Is anyone out there familiar with the Cherokee syllabary? I saw this sign stuck in the ground near Lake Junaluska, North Carolina: (Yes, those are grass clippings on the sign.) I figured out that it ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation said nearly 200 Cherokee Syllabary keyboards were donated to Cherokee speakers and those learning the Cherokee language. The keyboards allow people to easily ...

CHEROKEE, NC: The Museum of the Cherokee Indian (Cherokee, NC) and Asheville Art Museum (Asheville, NC) have been awarded the North Carolina Museums Council’s 2021 Award of Excellence for the ...

Howard Paden works daily to preserve Cherokee language and lifeways. Jeff Edwards brings the Cherokee Syllabary into his award-winning art, and Mary Jean Robertson uplifts Native voices through 50 ...

VONORE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Sequoyah Birthplace Museum in Monroe County is inviting the public and offering free admission in celebration of Sequoyah Remembrance Day in early August. Sequoyah is who ...

Press release from Western Carolina University: Mock-up of panels in Cherokee Language and Culture Exhibition. Ramona Lossie created the basket weave design. Western Carolina University’s Bardo Arts ...