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Cherokee Nation language department reports growth in immersion and teacher training programs
Summary
Language department director Howard Peyton reported nine Cherokee-speaking families, expansion of master-apprentice and teacher-institute programs, a Kenwood facility grand opening and a new middle school designed around equinox alignments.
The Cherokee Nation language department reported program expansions, new facilities and growth in family-level Cherokee language use during a Culture Committee meeting briefing.
Howard Peyton, speaking for the language department, said the Nation currently has nine Cherokee‑speaking families in which both parents have learned Cherokee at least to an intermediate level and the children are enrolled in immersion programs. "We currently have 9 Cherokee speaking families," Peyton said, noting the department is working to…
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