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Cherokee Nation Cultural Resource Center
Language Services

The Cultural Resources Department offers the following language services:

  • Employee classes - Cherokee Nation employees are required to be familiar with the Cherokee language to service Cherokee tribal members more efficiently.

  • Community classes - Classes are organized in various communities so that Cherokee youth and others interested in speaking the language may have access to educational materials to better their skills in the native tongue.

  • Teacher certification - Teachers of the Cherokee language who work in schools within the 14-county jurisdictional area of the Cherokee Nation are encouraged to go through teacher certification training and testing to assure their competency and sharpen their skills.

  • Curriculum development - Cherokee language curriculum has been developed and is constantly being updated to provide schools within the 14-county jurisidictional area materials to teach the Cherokee language to students.

Newly created school curriculum for Cherokee language program

  • Translation - Translation services are available as needed by citizens, such as letters, documents, etc. English to Cherokee and Cherokee to English are both provided.

  • Interpretation and interpreters - Cherokee speaking citizens who require interpreters for legal, medical or other purposes are encouraged to contact the Cultural Resources Center for interpretation services at no charge.

*Note:   Cultural information may vary from clan to clan, location to location, family to family, and from differing opinions and experiences. Information provided here are not 'etched in stone'.
The Cherokee language The Cherokee language is spoken by approximately 10,000 people in the Cherokee Nation, as well as speakers in the homelands (of the Eastern Band of Cherokee). There are also speakers of the language around the world.

Language Lesson 2 of 3 Cherokee Nation has introduced a language curriculum for use in schools. For the next few weeks, we will be presenting some of the lessons from this program. The material does not cover reading and writing in the Cherokee syllabary, but the pron

Language Lesson Merry Christmas
u li he li s di       da ni s da yo hi hv I

Cherokee font New Release...(You are the first of many to be notified of this special release):

Children’s Songs Cherokee Nation’s Anna Huckaby translated 12 popular children’s songs into Cherokee for the CD. Some of the songs are literal translations of the originals but most have been rewritten to reflect Cherokee culture. Musician Lisa LaRue set them to music that children love!

Beginning Cherokee: Novice Level Numbers

Beginning Cherokee: Novice Level Months

Beginning Cherokee: Novice Level People

Beginning Cherokee: Novice Level Greetings and Courtesies

Syllabary sounds Your task is to start learning the different fonts with their sounds.

Lesson 81-84 81-84

Lesson 79-80 79-80

Lesson 75-78 75-78

Lesson 71-74 71-74

Lesson 69-70 69-70

Lesson 65-68 65-68

Lesson 59-60 59-60

Lesson 51-54 51-54

Lesson 49-50 49-50

Lesson 11-14 11-14

Serenity Prayer (In Cherokee) God Grant Me the Serenity. . .

Syllabary Song Learn the Cherokee syllabary and sing it to the tune of "The A-B-C Song"

A.N.A. Language Report

Project Title: Ga-du-gi: Working Together to Preserve the Cherokee Language

Teacher Certification Program The CN Culture Resource Center recently also increased its certification program for language instructors.

Material and Curriculum Development Through an Administration for Native Americans Grant, curriculum is being developed for classroom use

Translation Services The CRC provides an extensive (about 5,000 per year) number of written translation services to the general public.

Language Immersion Activities As of August 2003, CN has four immersion classrooms: two 3-year old, two 4-year old and one kindergarten classroom.

For more information, please contact
Anna Huckaby, Language Training Coordinator
918/458-6170
cultural@cherokee.org