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Felix Clary
ICT + Tulsa World
TULSA, Okla. – The Cherokee Nation has taken a multifaceted approach to revitalizing its language, everything from video games, to TikTok videos, social media posts and immersion schools for Cherokee language learning.
After nearly losing its language during the Oklahoma Boarding School Era, the tribe has relied on federal funding and its own efforts to bring the language back.
In a recent ICT and Tulsa Word interview, Cherokee Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. said “part of this effort will be to send a message to the United States that we are committing ourselves to putting our own resources in, but we are not going to let the United States off the hook. … The destruction of our language took place over a couple of centuries, and it was well funded by the United States, and we need to recognize that as a country.”