Video: Cherokee Nation employees immerse in tribe ’slanguage (fwd link)

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Video: Cherokee Nation employees immerse in tribe’s language

USA

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – Cherokee Nation citizen Carla Feathers has a father who
speaks Cherokee fluently. Although she’s not fluent, she always wanted to learn
the language.

Now thanks to an initiative by the tribe’s Language Strategic Work Team,
Feathers and other CN employees can immerse themselves in the language with
hopes of learning it.

On Oct. 1, the tribe replaced a 20-hour language class for employees with a
40-hour immersion class. All employees will be required to take it as part of a
core curriculum, according to a CN Employee Development e-mail.

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