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Jerod Tate is a Chickasaw composer who created Ko'koom'fena, a 15-minute piece sung entirely in the Shawnee language. He has worked with the music and languages of multiple tribes, including Choctaw, Cherokee, Comanche and Caddo, among others.

How a Chickasaw composer is tackling language revitalization through classical music

Sarah Liese, OPMX

Jerod Tate began composing more than three decades ago. One of his latest works, Ko'koom'fena, is sung entirely in the Shawnee language.

Indigenous News

Cherokee Nation to open $20M Durbin Feeling Language Center

KGOU Staff

The Cherokee Nation is set to open the historic Durbin Feeling Language Center at a grand opening celebration Tuesday, Nov. 15. at 10 a.m.

left to right: Third-grade Cherokee Immersion School teacher Cindy Collins, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. listen to third-grade students Hunter Sanders, Henry Johnson and Riley Aimerson.

Indigenous News

Investments in Cherokee Nation language immersion program may be a model for national programs

Logan Layden, Allison Herrera, OPMX

First Lady Jill Biden was in Oklahoma Friday, along with Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland. Both were in Tahlequah to visit the Cherokee Nation Immersion School, where young people are helping to save the endangered Cherokee language.

Oklahoma News

Cherokee Language Now Available On Smartphones

Associated Press

The Cherokee language has gone digital.The language of the Oklahoma-based tribe is now available for download on more than 20 Android devices, making the…