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Keeping Language Alive: Cherokee Letters Being Translated for Yale

Keeping Language Alive: Cherokee Letters Being Translated for Yale
Keeping Language Alive: Cherokee Letters Being Translated for Yale
Author
Cherokee Nation
Producer
Indian Country Today
Year

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
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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