Keeping Language Alive: Cherokee Letters Being Translated for Yale
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2013
Century-old journals, political messages and medicinal formulas handwritten in Cherokee and archived at Yale University are being translated for the first time.
The Cherokee Nation is among a small few, if not the only tribe, that has a language translation department who contracts with Apple, Microsoft, Google and Ivy League universities for Cherokee translation projects...
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Cherokee Nation. "Keeping Language Alive: Cherokee Letters Being Translated for Yale." Indian Country Today Media Network. September 27, 2013. Article. (https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/education/native-education/keeping-language..., accessed September 27, 2013)
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