Keeping Language Alive: Cherokee Letters Being Translated for Yale

Author

Producer

Indian Country Today

Year

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...

custom and tradition

language fluency

language immersion

language preservation

language revitalization

Additional Information

Native Nations

Cherokee Nation

Resource Type

News and Opinion

Topics

Citizenship/Membership

Cultural Affairs

Governance

Citation

Cherokee Nation. "Keeping Language Alive: Cherokee Letters Being Translated for Yale." Indian Country Today. September 27, 2013. Article. (https://ictnews.org/archive/keeping-language-alive-cherokee-letters-being-translated-for-yale, accessed August 1, 2023)

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