Video Sources
We Will Speak
Synopsis
The Cherokee language is deeply tied to Cherokee identity; yet generations of assimilation efforts by the U.S. government and anti-Indigenous stigmas have forced the Tri-Council of Cherokee tribes to declare a State of Emergency for the language in 2019. While there are 430,000 Cherokee citizens in the three federally recognized tribes, fewer than an estimated 2,000 fluent speakers remain—the majority of whom are elderly. The covid pandemic has unfortunately hastened the course. Language activists, artists, and the youth must now lead the charge of urgent radical revitalization efforts to help save the language from the brink of extinction.
Original Title
ᏓᏗᏬᏂᏏ
Director
Michael McDermit
Schon Duncan
No Image
Keli Gonzales
Self
No Image
Carolyn Swepston
Self
Schon Duncan
Self
No Image
Marion Scraper
Self
No Image
Eda Scraper
Self
No Image
Durbin Feeling
Self
No Image
Clifton Petit
Self
No Image
Weynema Smith
Self
No Image
David Crawler
Self
No Image
Betty Frogg
Self
No Image
Clara Proctor
Self
No Image
Cora Flute
Self
