{"id":83380,"date":"2024-12-30T00:01:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T05:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=83380"},"modified":"2024-12-30T01:06:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T06:06:20","slug":"chuck-hoskin-cherokee-nation-committed-to-language-preservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/12\/30\/chuck-hoskin-cherokee-nation-committed-to-language-preservation\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation committed to language preservation"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/10\/16\/chuck-hoskin-cherokee-nation-renews-commitment-to-language-revitalization\/chuckhoskin-31\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32919\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1061\" data-attachment-id=\"32919\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/10\/16\/chuck-hoskin-cherokee-nation-renews-commitment-to-language-revitalization\/chuckhoskin-31\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/16\/ChuckHoskin.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1061\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Chuck Hoskin\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Chuck Hoskin&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.  addressed the tribe&amp;#8217;s first=ever Language &amp;amp; Fluent Cherokee Speaker Gathering at the Durbin Feeling Language Center in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, on.October 10, 2023. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/anadisgoi.com\/index.php\/government-stories\/chief-hoskin-deputy-chief-warner-propose-minimum-18m-annual-funding-for-cherokee-nation-language-department-efforts&gt;Anadisgoi \/ Cherokee Nation&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/16\/ChuckHoskin-1024x724.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/16\/ChuckHoskin.jpg\" alt=\"Chuck Hoskin\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-32919\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.  speaks with attendees  the tribe&#8217;s First Language &amp; Fluent Cherokee Speaker Gathering at the Durbin Feeling Language Center in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, on October 10, 2023. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/anadisgoi.com\/index.php\/government-stories\/chief-hoskin-deputy-chief-warner-propose-minimum-18m-annual-funding-for-cherokee-nation-language-department-efforts>Anadisgoi \/ Cherokee Nation<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">Cherokee Language Preservation Moving Forward<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Monday, December 30, 2024<\/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\nLanguage connects us to our ancestors, our identity and our place in the world. For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cherokee.org\/\">Cherokee Nation<\/a>, preserving and revitalizing our unique language is a sacred duty. With every word of Cherokee spoken or written, we reclaim another piece of what it means to be Cherokee.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe task of revitalizing our language remains great, but through long advocacy to the federal government, we\u2019ve achieved a major advance. At the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheCherokeeNation\/posts\/pfbid0DHXh4yfRcuT846TWFDjkyWbQUhWhur9a8EK3uD4LPgDmWHuWxfjUqA5VuXLbwK1bl\">White House Tribal Nations Summit<\/a>, the Biden-Harris Administration unveiled a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bia.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/media_document\/final_12032024_10-year_national_plan_on_native_language_revitalization.508_1.pdf\">10-year National Plan on Native Language Revitalization<\/a>. The sweeping strategy \u2014 developed with input from tribal nations and the departments of the Interior, Education, and Health and Human Services \u2014 acknowledges and addresses the United States government\u2019s historical role in the loss of Indigenous languages.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nCherokee Nation is ready to leverage the new momentum. Just last week, we signed an agreement that establishes a formal partnership between the tribe, Cherokee Film and federal entities, including the Department of the Interior, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfeaie.org\/\">National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education<\/a>.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FTheCherokeeNation%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02HE7RuENy24BjvTQNdffj1uNvZYrA8VVePukX1nscVhwzGckdxHGxCbbjm6X2QGyNl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"784\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nOver the next decade, this collaboration will work to advance language revitalization efforts through film and media. <a href=\"https:\/\/cherokee.film\/\">Cherokee Film<\/a> will provide expertise and access to its extensive nationwide network to assist tribes in preserving and promoting their languages.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThis collaboration will not only preserve our language but also promote it on popular educational and entertainment platforms. Future generations will be able to hear and see Cherokee spoken and celebrated in everyday life.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe new federal, 10-year vision builds upon the findings of the <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/z\/fibs\/\">Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative<\/a>, which exposed the devastating impact of the federal government\u2019s suppressing Native languages in youth and irrevocably damaging Native families and communities. Doing justice to this immense tragedy requires a major response, like the plan\u2019s call for funding 100 new K-12 Native language immersion schools and training 10,000 Native language teachers.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nFor Cherokee Nation, these national efforts are long overdue, and they align with our own commitment to language preservation. Under our own <a href=\"https:\/\/anadisgoi.com\/index.php\/government-stories\/chief-hoskin-signs-permanent-reauthorization-of-historic-durbin-feeling-language-preservation-act\">Durbin Feeling Language Preservation Act<\/a> we are making a historic effort to revitalize the Cherokee language, committing around $20 million per year. New federal dollars for language immersion and community revitalization will amount to about $1.5 billion annually nationwide over the next decade, and mirror our plans to grow our own schools, including a new middle school for Cherokee language learners.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_indianz-com\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/02\/05\/chuck-hoskin-cherokee-nation-works-to-keep-language-alive-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/03\/cherokeenation-3.jpg\" alt=\"Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation works to keep language alive\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/02\/05\/chuck-hoskin-cherokee-nation-works-to-keep-language-alive-2\/\">\n\t\t\tChuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation works to keep language alive\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/02\/05\/chuck-hoskin-cherokee-nation-works-to-keep-language-alive-2\/\">\n\t\t\t<p>To survive and thrive, Cherokee must grow beyond the classroom, into our daily interactions and the fabric of our lives.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/favicon.ico\" alt=\"Indianz.Com\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\tIndianz.Com\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nWhile we commend the current administration for its leadership on Indigenous language efforts, Cherokee Nation\u2019s work transcends political parties or cycles. Our vision for language revitalization requires collaboration through changing administrations in the White House and the ever-shifting balance of Congress. That is why my administration and the Council of the Cherokee Nation operate on a bipartisan basis, advocating for our interests without fear or favor, regardless of who occupies the highest offices in Washington.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nAs stewards of Cherokee culture, we can see a future where our language thrives in classrooms and homes and across TV screens and cellphones. Wherever people want to learn and hear Cherokee spoken, we want to be there. Yes, the federal government\u2019s 10-year plan provides needed resources, but it is our responsibility to use them wisely. \r\n<P><\/P>\r\nLanguage revitalization is about empowering each new Cherokee learner to carry our culture and tribe forward.\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>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"h4-responsive\">Related Stories<\/div><div class=\"related-story\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/02\/05\/chuck-hoskin-cherokee-nation-works-to-keep-language-alive-2\/\" title=\"Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation works to keep language alive\">Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation works to keep language alive<\/a> (February 5, 2024)<\/div><div class=\"related-story\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/10\/16\/chuck-hoskin-cherokee-nation-renews-commitment-to-language-revitalization\/\" title=\"Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation renews commitment to language revitalization\">Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation renews commitment to language revitalization<\/a> (October 16, 2023)<\/div><div class=\"related-story\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/01\/17\/chuck-hoskin-cherokee-nation-welcomes-investments-in-native-languages\/\" title=\"Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation welcomes investments in Native languages\">Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation welcomes investments in Native languages<\/a> (January 17, 2023)<\/div><div class=\"related-story\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/12\/13\/chuck-hoskin-cherokee-nation-works-to-preserve-our-language\/\" title=\"Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation works to preserve our language\">Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation works to preserve our language<\/a> (December 13, 2021)<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With every word of Cherokee spoken or written, we reclaim another piece of what it means to be Cherokee.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32919,"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],"tags":[117,418,77,170,118,1606,1388,110,248,175,5816,127,1112,2390,102],"class_list":["post-83380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-opinion","tag-bia","tag-boarding-schools","tag-cherokee","tag-congress","tag-doi","tag-durbin-feeling","tag-ed","tag-film","tag-hhs","tag-languages","tag-nfeaie","tag-oklahoma","tag-white-house","tag-whtns","tag-youth","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-lGQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/16\/ChuckHoskin.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83380","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=83380"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83416,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83380\/revisions\/83416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}