{"id":30471,"date":"2023-01-17T10:15:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T15:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=30471"},"modified":"2023-01-17T10:15:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T15:15:12","slug":"chuck-hoskin-cherokee-nation-welcomes-investments-in-native-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/01\/17\/chuck-hoskin-cherokee-nation-welcomes-investments-in-native-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation welcomes investments in Native languages"},"content":{"rendered":" <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/01\/17\/chuck-hoskin-cherokee-nation-welcomes-investments-in-native-languages\/cherokeenation-47\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30474\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1125\" height=\"785\" data-attachment-id=\"30474\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/01\/17\/chuck-hoskin-cherokee-nation-welcomes-investments-in-native-languages\/cherokeenation-47\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/17\/CherokeeNation.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1125,785\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Cherokee Nation\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Cherokee Nation&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;First Lady of the United States Dr. Jill Biden and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visited the Cherokee Nation\u2019s Cherokee Immersion School in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, on December 2, 2021,     to experience first-hand how the tribe is successfully making historic investments in preserving and perpetuating the Cherokee language. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/anadisgoi.com\/index.php\/government-stories\/771-first-lady-dr-jill-biden-interior-secretary-deb-haaland-visit-cherokee-nation-reservation&gt;Anadisgoi \/ Cherokee Nation&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/17\/CherokeeNation-1024x715.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/17\/CherokeeNation.jpg\" alt=\"Cherokee Nation\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-30474\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">First Lady of the United States Dr. Jill Biden and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visits the Cherokee Nation\u2019s Cherokee Immersion School in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, on December 2, 2021, to experience first-hand how the tribe is successfully making historic investments in preserving and perpetuating the Cherokee language. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/anadisgoi.com\/index.php\/government-stories\/771-first-lady-dr-jill-biden-interior-secretary-deb-haaland-visit-cherokee-nation-reservation>Anadisgoi \/ Cherokee Nation<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">New federal laws will enhance and advance language revitalization<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Tuesday, January 17, 2023<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"byline\">By Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. <A href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckHoskin_Jr\"><I aria-hidden=true class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/I><\/A><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Cherokee Nation<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><A \r\nhref=\"https:\/\/www.cherokee.org\/\">cherokee.org<\/A><\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nI am extremely proud that one of the first bills that President Joe Biden signed into law in 2023 was the Durbin Feeling Native American Languages Act [<a href=https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/senate-bill\/1402>S.1402<\/a>]. This law, named after my friend and Cherokee National Treasure Durbin Feeling, will support Native language programs in Cherokee Nation and across the United States. It will boost our momentum to revitalize the Cherokee language that is central to our identity as a tribal nation.\r\n <p><\/p>\r\nAfter the U.S. did so much to try and destroy our language and culture, this bipartisan legislation holds the federal government accountable for undoing that damage. It gives the president greater ability to make sure all federal agencies are meeting requirements and coordinating with each other to support Native languages. The act authorizes a federal survey of Native language use and language revitalization programs\u2019 unmet needs every five years. These surveys will allow tribes, like Cherokee Nation, to advise Congress on ways to improve the delivery of federal resources.\r\n <p><\/p>\r\nDurbin Feeling was the largest contributor to the Cherokee language since Sequoyah, and his unwavering commitment to Cherokee language perpetuation is the foundation upon which Cherokee Nation teaches future generations to honor and carry on Cherokee traditions. He developed hundreds of Cherokee language teaching materials that remain in use by speakers today. Durbin was committed, heart and soul, to these preservation efforts, and his name being attached to this legislation is a fitting honor because it speaks to everything he stood for. It will, no doubt, build upon his legacy to advance the Cherokee language.\r\n <p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/11\/21\/chuck-hoskin-cherokee-nation-keeps-our-language-alive\/2022-durbin-feeling-language-center-opening\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29719\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-attachment-id=\"29719\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/11\/21\/chuck-hoskin-cherokee-nation-keeps-our-language-alive\/2022-durbin-feeling-language-center-opening\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/21\/DurbinFeelingLanguageCenter-3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,667\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Durbin Feeling Language Center\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Durbin Feeling Language Center&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Cherokee Nation celebrates the opening of the 52,000-square-foot Durbin Feeling Language Center in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, on November 15, 2022. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/anadisgoi.com\/index.php\/government-stories\/1192-cherokee-nation-celebrates-grand-opening-of-historic-20m-durbin-feeling-language-center&gt;Anadisgoi \/ Cherokee Nation&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/21\/DurbinFeelingLanguageCenter-3.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/21\/DurbinFeelingLanguageCenter-3.jpg\" alt=\"Durbin Feeling Language Center\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-29719\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> The Cherokee Nation celebrates the opening of the 52,000-square-foot Durbin Feeling Language Center in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, on November 15, 2022. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/anadisgoi.com\/index.php\/government-stories\/1192-cherokee-nation-celebrates-grand-opening-of-historic-20m-durbin-feeling-language-center>Anadisgoi \/ Cherokee Nation<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n <p><\/p>\r\nPresident Biden also signed the Native American Language Resource Center Act of 2022 [<a href=https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/senate-bill\/989>S.989<\/a>]. It will help support Native language schools and programs and establish Native language resource centers across the country that can make grants to organizations that perpetuate Native languages. It will support Native language students at all levels of learning, serve as a centralized hub for Native language schools and programs, and enhance distance learning capacity.\r\n <p><\/p>\r\nWe thank President Biden as well as Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Chairman Brian Schatz and Vice Chairman Lisa Murkowski for their leadership on this important legislation. I also want to acknowledge First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, who visited our immersion school during a trip to the Cherokee Nation Reservation in 2021. When she was our guest, she said \u201clanguage is not just a collection of words \u2026 it helps us tell the story of our culture and traditions \u2014 containing the wisdom of the world that only we know.\u201d These new federal laws will go far to protect the Cherokee identity and traditions rooted within our language.\r\n <p><\/p>\r\nToday, we have about 2,000 Cherokee first-language speakers. Our language programs, especially when led by first-language speakers, are critical for transferring Cherokee knowledge and traditions to the next generation. Recently, we opened the Durbin Feeling Language Center in Tahlequah, a 52,000-square-foot center that houses the Cherokee Immersion school as well as the Cherokee Language Master Apprentice Program for adult learners. It also is home to all Cherokee Language Department programs, including translation, curriculum development and community language departments.\r\n <p><\/p><div class=\"mt-1 mb-1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8411603009680747\" data-ad-slot=\"6394965691\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/div><p><\/p>\r\nCherokee Nation\u2019s leadership in language revitalization is not only producing results here at home, but inspiring efforts across Indian Country. As evidenced by the new federal law, we are also inspiring our champions in Congress. We can point back to our landmark tribal statute, the Cherokee Nation Durbin Feeling Language Preservation Act of 2019, as elevating the cause of Indigenous language preservation across the United States.\r\n <p><\/p>\r\nWe continue to build on the foundation Durbin Feeling helped lay to promote and preserve the Cherokee culture. The language is a bedrock of our strength as a tribe. I am thankful for Durbin Feeling and all of our language champions, young and old, who are ensuring that Cherokee will be a living language for many more generations.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<HR><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-3\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/23\/chuckhoskinavatar.jpg\" alt=\"Chuck Hoskin Jr\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" class=\"rounded-circle\" \/><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-md-9\"><EM><A href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckHoskin_Jr\">Chuck Hoskin Jr.<\/A> \r\nis the 18th elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, the largest Indian \r\ntribe in the United States. He is only the second elected Principal Chief of the \r\nCherokee Nation from Vinita, the first being Thomas Buffington, who served from \r\n1899-1903. Prior to being elected Principal Chief, Hoskin served as the tribe\u2019s \r\nSecretary of State. He also formerly served as a member of the Council of the \r\nCherokee Nation, representing District 11 for six years.<\/EM><\/div><\/div><HR>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cherokee language is a bedrock of our strength as a tribe.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18,9,14],"tags":[869,925,77,76,170,1606,128,986,53,175,211,127,1595,3754,213,102],"class_list":["post-30471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-opinion","category-politics","tag-117th","tag-brian-schatz","tag-cherokee","tag-chuck-hoskin","tag-congress","tag-durbin-feeling","tag-elders","tag-jill-biden","tag-joe-biden","tag-languages","tag-lisa-murkowski","tag-oklahoma","tag-s-1402","tag-s-989","tag-scia","tag-youth","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-7Vt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/17\/CherokeeNation.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}