Posted on Jun 14, 2023
'We're still here': East High School will offer Cherokee this fall to help keep the language...
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Many Indigenous languages are at risk of dying out after centuries of forced assimilation. A cohort of administrators at Kansas City Public Schools and members of the KC Indian Center are trying to change that by bringing the Cherokee language to East High School.
East High School in Kansas City will offer Cherokee this fall to help pass an endangered language on to the next generation.
Like many other Indigenous languages, the Cherokee language is at risk of dying out after centuries of forced assimilation. Just 2,000 people speak Cherokee as a first language and most are over the age of 70.
That’s why Tanya Fuller said she’s honored to teach the Cherokee class at East High, but she also feels the weight of the responsibility.
East High School in Kansas City will offer Cherokee this fall to help pass an endangered language on to the next generation.
Like many other Indigenous languages, the Cherokee language is at risk of dying out after centuries of forced assimilation. Just 2,000 people speak Cherokee as a first language and most are over the age of 70.
That’s why Tanya Fuller said she’s honored to teach the Cherokee class at East High, but she also feels the weight of the responsibility.
'We're still here': East High School will offer Cherokee this fall to help keep the language...
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Native Americans
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel members of many Native American Tribes are trying to keep their languages alive through story telling and community engagement
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This would be amazing! ASL is considered a foreign language for credits, they need to make this the same and spread the language beyond the schools.
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