Language Maintenance And Language Renewal Among Cherokee People in Oklahoma

There was a time in the Americas when many different languages were spoken by the diverse native peoples. This situation changed rapidly as waves of Europeans arrived, containing and controlling the native peoples, often forcing them to forfeit language and culture. Today remnants of some Native American tribes are striving to find ways to maintain or renew their own languages This paper explores some of the issues involved, and then focuses on efforts to maintain and renew Oklahoma Cherokee. (Author) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Ohtce of Educational Research and imptovethent EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) tTrus document has been reproduced as stewed (rpm the person or oron.zahon ong.nattng .t 0 Mtnor changes have been made to improve reproduction Ovally Points Or new Cr oprhons stated in this dOCu. men) do not necessarily represent &hos! OE RI pos.hon or potty "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRA TED BY TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE AND LANGUAGE RENEWAL Among Cherokee People in Oklahoma