{"id":34388,"date":"2023-12-19T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T05:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=34388"},"modified":"2023-12-21T19:49:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T00:49:33","slug":"native-america-calling-developing-new-fluent-cherokee-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/12\/19\/native-america-calling-developing-new-fluent-cherokee-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Developing new fluent Cherokee speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Tuesday, December 19, 2023<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe Dadiwonsi Adult Language Program in North Carolina just welcomed its first graduates in the Cherokee Language. The program is part of an extensive network to develop new fluent Cherokee speakers on and around the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qualla_Boundary\">Qualla Boundary<\/a>, home to the <a href=\"https:\/\/ebci.com\">Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n And a translation effort hopes to connect modern Cherokees with past culture keepers, Inoli and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcu.edu\/library\/digitalcollections\/cherokeetraditions\/people\/Carvers_WillWestLong.html\">Will West Long<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/12\/19\/native-america-calling-developing-new-fluent-cherokee-speakers\/cherokeelanguage\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34404\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1710\" data-attachment-id=\"34404\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/12\/19\/native-america-calling-developing-new-fluent-cherokee-speakers\/cherokeelanguage\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/22\/CherokeeLanguage-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1710\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Cherokee Language\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Cherokee Language&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Street signs in the Cherokee language. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yortw\/9327114460\/&gt;Yortw&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/22\/CherokeeLanguage-1024x684.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/22\/CherokeeLanguage-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Cherokee Language\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-34404\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Street signs in the Cherokee language. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yortw\/9327114460\/>Yortw<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tom-belt-92379128\">Tom Belt<\/a> (Cherokee Nation), retired WCU Cherokee Language Program Coordinator\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nCailon Garland (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians), recent graduate of the Snowbird Adult Immersion Cherokee Language Program \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cassidychekelelee\/\">Cassidy Galaviz<\/a> (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians), language specialist and teacher of the Cherokee language\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An extensive network of programs is seeking to develop new fluent Cherokee speakers on tribal homelands in North Carolina.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34404,"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":[18,1],"tags":[4458,4459,77,534,175,243,133,184,127,134,4457],"class_list":["post-34388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-national","tag-cailon-garland","tag-cassidy-galaviz","tag-cherokee","tag-eastern-cherokee","tag-languages","tag-media","tag-native-america-calling","tag-north-carolina","tag-oklahoma","tag-radio","tag-tom-belt","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-8WE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/22\/CherokeeLanguage-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34388","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=34388"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34405,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34388\/revisions\/34405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}