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COVID-19 Puts the Cherokee Language In Jeopardy
/ | 6 Comments on COVID-19 Puts the Cherokee Language In JeopardyImagine being in a culture that feels like it’s slowly disappearing. For many members of the Cherokee tribe, they don’t have to imagine. As COVID-19 continues its historic onslaught, the Cherokee tribal population has taken a hit, thus threatening the Cherokee language like never before. Native American communities are being….
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Diné Bí Ná’álkid Time – New Navajo-English Educational Show To Help Teach Language
| 1 Comment on Diné Bí Ná’álkid Time – New Navajo-English Educational Show To Help Teach LanguageIf the GoFundMe campaign is successful, this new educational children’s show could help save the Diné language. Diné Bí Ná’ákid Time is the brainchild of educators Dr. Shawna L. Begay and Charmaine Jackson. “I never learned my Navajo language and I was never inspired to learn it. As I got….
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