The Cherokee Nation has launched an online Language Hub with lessons, fluent-speaker recordings, books, tools and virtual stories for desktop and mobile. Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. says it is intended for Cherokee citizens and anyone else interested in the language.
The Cherokee Nation Language Department and Kiwa Digital developed the site. Its Saving the Voices project preserves recordings of fluent speakers and is to include interviews with more than 1,040 first-language fluent speakers by the end of 2027. The recordings cover aspects of Cherokee life, including hunting, fishing and healing methods.
Hoskin also pointed to the Nation’s broader language work, including immersion schools in Tahlequah and Greasy and the Durbin Feeling Language Center. He cited investments under the 2024 Durbin Feeling Language Preservation Act and the newly opened $30 million Cherokee Immersion Middle School in Tahlequah.
