old information but still good to know..... http://blogs.office.com/2015/02/23/office-cherokee/

Reviving Language CAN be done! we can DO this!

Did you know?

28 years ago Hawaii had only 50 fluent speakers, but today they have more than 10,000 fluent speakers-- HOW did they do this? The state’s education system supports immersion programs to teach the language throughout school.

“Their language and culture is taught in all grade levels, and into college and university programs—from early childhood education to PhD,” says the press release. “They now have more than 10,000 fluent Hawaiian speakers.”

How can we help increase the use of Cherokee as a language?

Get ready to celebrate!

March 31---- I am asking EVERYONE to commemorate National Indigenous Languages Day--

March 31 is National Aboriginal Languages Day in Canada. Even if you are not Canadian you can still celebrate!

The day has been celebrated by Indigenous Peoples since 1993 as a way to honor the strength and endurance of aboriginal languages and cultures.

Please-- even if you are NOT Canadian-- lets remember the importance of the heart languages of the native people of this continent and let us all Celebrate National Aboriginal Languages Day! You have 2 weeks to get ready!

Plan an event-- get others in your community involved- learn a new word

or try this-- support the effort to get Facebook to allow profile names in Cherokee-- change YOUR profile name to Cherokee syllabary!

The Billboard in Cherokee, NC indicates there are only 218 Cherokee speakers left in western North Carolina. Help us increase that number!

Alone on this picket line.....? Cherokee language on Facebook & social Media

Folks, am I alone on this picket line? This protest against facebook NOT allowing us to transliterate names in English into names using the Cherokee syllabary instead of the English Alphabet......????

Show your support-- please post your name on FB as your profile name using Cherokee Syllabary

also

contact the FB folks using their DASHBOARD https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-safety/more-transparency-in-reporting/397890383565083

and perhaps, mail them something too--

You can contact Facebook's Board of Directors to provide comments, to report concerns, or to ask a question, at the following address:

Corporate Secretary / Facebook / 1601 Willow Road / Menlo Park, CA 94025 /

You may submit your concern anonymously or confidentially by postal mail.

You may also indicate whether you are a shareholder, customer, supplier, or other interested party.

You may reference my name ᏦᎭᎾ ᏣᏑᏰᏓ ᎻᎩᏍ ᏫᏍ and case //"Your Name Case #231204230"//

Why Syllabary/ Cherokee Should be allowed as a Profile name

Facebook is currently challenging facebook users on a case by case basis IF their names are written using Cherokee Syllabary. ======================================================= In my case, even though I have provided the 2 forms of id that the Facebook website lists as acceptable proof of use of an authentic name, I have not been allowed back into Facebook and both my account and my husband's have been deleted. ======================================================== My argument with Facebook has gone beyond proof of ID and it is my understanding that this is why we have not been allowed back in even after providing the requisite PROOF of identity. (to see what FB claims to accept- but they are not following their own post-- see this site https://www.facebook.com/help/159096464162185 and notice their promise to delete your information after viewing- you have no way to verify they do that but we sent ours in anyway) ======================================================== My argument with facebook boils down to this-- PEOPLE should be ALLOWED to write their legal names USING Cherokee Syllabary rather than English without having to have matching id (even though I did have that and did provide it) but that it should just need to match transliteration from the Sequoyah syllabary chart to the English Alphabet. Facebook disagreed and then locked me out, even after providing 2 forms of ID as per their site listed above. ========================================================== Some folks have told me to "give up" and just "go along with it" and "just use your English Name" but I counter with "WHY??" why do I need to do that? I don't actually NEED Facebook-- but if Facebook does NOT allow profiles in the Cherokee language, then WHY in the WORLD would I want to support their genocide of the language? ========================================================== and folks-- that is what it is-- lets call it what it really is-- if one cannot use a language-- if it ceases to be used- it dies- it is dead- it is gone-- and what facebook is doing is murdering the language every bit as effectively as the boarding schools attempted in the past few centuries and even more effectively-- ========================================================= how are we going to convince the next generation of speakers that the language is valid and viable in this century if they cannot even write their names in the language on social media sites like facebook?

Use of Cherokee Syllabary on Social Media sites

If a LANGUAGE is NOT used-- what happens? it DIES! We MUST use the language EVERYWHERE we possibly can-- and push to be allowed to use it even more Especially on social media sites-- if it is to not just survive but to also THRIVE! --------------------------------- This battle to use Cherokee Syllabary is real. I believe it will be pivotal in whether or not this current generation and perhaps even the next generation will be able to use syllabary on social media sites. --------------------------------- Try this-- change YOUR Facebook AND ALL your social media site profiles to use SYLLABARY for your name INSTEAD OF English letters. This will promote the languge. ===== It is NOT enough for FB to "allow" syllabary in posts! it MUST also "allow" it as a profile name if this language is to thrive! --------------------------- =======PSSSST! need help changing how you write your name from English into Cherokee? check this out http://www.native-languages.org/cherokee_names.htm ======= By the way, Apparently, Facebook does not believe there are enough Cherokee folks who care about the language enough to actually use it in their names. --------------------------- Although FB is a private company, its SHARES are traded PUBLICLY and negative media attention is something the FB folks would like to AVOID-- but they just DO NOT BELIEVE there are enough of us wanting to USE CHEROKEE for them to worry about us doing anything. --------------------------- I am working on getting a "grass roots" response to the idea FB has that Cherokee Syllabary is --not a "real" language --not used --------------------------- What we need to do / how everyone can help advance the use of Cherokee in Social Media: --------------------------- -- every organization that claims to be Cherokee in any form or fashion (whether a club, professional group, state recognized group, or a federal recognized group) needs to do three things (in this order): --------------------------- 1st--each entity needs to issue each member an id card with the member's name written in Cherokee Syllabary- whether its their legal name transliterated or whether it is their "used" name- does not matter but it must be a name that will identify them personally (why? because FB claims they will honor membership cards as a form of id IF it has the DOB (date of birth) AND if combined with a subscription label that shows the matching name) --------------------------- 2nd-- each entity needs to send MAIL thru the USPS with their member's name in syllabary on the top address line -- the rest of the address can and should be in English but the name on the mail must match the ID card in step one above (why? because fb claims they will accept a subscription label as a form of id if combined with a membership ID that also matches the name) --------------------------- Step 3-- to be completed ONLY when the first 2 above steps are taken-- each member of each entity should log onto Social media, switch their name to Syllabary-- and be prepared to upload a scanned JPEG format of the 2 above forms of ID to the social media site --------------------------- This battle to use Cherokee Syllabary is real. I believe it will be pivotal in whether or not this current generation and perhaps even the next generation will be able to use syllabary on social media sites. --------------------------- The pressure brought to bear on Facebook should work. --------------------------- As I stated at the beginning, although FB is a private company, its SHARES are traded PUBLICLY and negative media attention is something the FB folks would like to AVOID-- but they just DO NOT BELIEVE there are enough of us wanting to USE CHEROKEE for them to worry about us doing--------------------------- anything. Let's prove the social media sites wrong about that. --------------------------- Sgi! Gvyalielitsehi! ᏦᎭᎾ ᏣᏑᏰᏓ ᎻᎩᏍ ᏫᏍ

Dialects.... there are still MANY different ways of saying the "same" word in the Cherokee language- depending on where you live or even who your family is-- The main ones tend to be: --- 1 Western (Oklahoma, Arkansas and so on)- which uses the J sound a LOT! (And is similar to the dialect my grandma Agnes spoke when she named me Ja-shu-yed) and ---- 2 SNOW BIRD (Robbinsville) which to me, sounds almost exactly like western-- the idioms are different, but many of the words still sound exactly the same and the syllabary is almost exactly the same --- and 3 Qualla- how most folks in Cherokee,NC on the Qualla-- Speak -- and finally 4 what my friend called Giduwa-- or what some call "Cover" (for Big Cove) You will immediately notice that the words I posted on my videos are NOT like what most Cherokee speak. I did this to 1)honor the person who took time to talk with me and 2)to keep me from forgetting these words because I have not found very many people (can count on 1 hand) who still speak this way. I just wanted to clarify that because so many people contact me and tell me they "never heard" it said this way-- you probably have not-- this is a very -extremely- obscure dialect. sgi!

hoping to collaborate with a friend a post this as a video soon-- but till then: a-gi-do-da my father // tsa-do-da Your father // u-do-da his father // a-gi-tsi my mother // tsa-tsi your mother // u-tsi his mother // a-gi-du-du My grandfather // tsa-du-du your grandfather // u-du-du His grandfather // a-gi-ni-si My grandmother paternal // tsa-ni-si your grandmother paternal // u-ni-si his grandmother paternal // a-gi-li-si My grandmother maternal // tsa-li-si your grandmother maternal // u-li-si his grandmother maternal // a-gwe-tsi My child // tse-tsi Your child // u-we-tsi His child // a-gwa-ta-li-i My wife // tsa-ta-li-i your wife // u-ta-li-i his wife // a-gi-ye My husband // tsa-ye your husband //

Cherokee Computer -- Ꮳ Ꮃ Ꭹ ᎠᎦᏙᎥᎯᏍᏗ ᎠᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗᏍᎩ

Now that Windows 8 has more fully integrated with Cherokee- and GMAIL can be completely in Cherokee- I wanted to share what terms you might need to get started! Joseph Erb of the Cherokee Nation posted this on Google+ in the Fall of last year. He was on the team that worked with Microsoft to get the Cherokee Language Pack completed. ᎠᎦᏙᎥᎯᏍᏗ ᎠᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗᏍᎩ ::: computer ᏗᏁᎸᏙᏗᎢ ::: play ᏗᏁᎶᏗᏍᎩ ::: player ᎬᎫᏍᏙᏗ ::: filter ᏗᎬᎫᏍᏙᏗ ::: filters ᏫᎦᏅᎥᏍᎦ ::: forwarding ᏫᎦᏝᏅ ::: uploads ᏂᏓᎦᏅᎥᏍᎩ ::: sender ᎤᏏᏩ ::: empty ᎠᏯᏙᎯᎯ ::: server ᏗᏯᏙᎯᎯ ::: servers ᎦᏛᏗ ::: tag ᏗᎦᏛᏗ ::: tags ᎠᏍᏕᎸᏗ ::: help ᎤᎿ ᎢᎬᎾᏕᎾ ::: location ᏥᏙᎰᏣ ::: rename ᏥᏂᎲᎦ ::: redo ᏥᎭᏂᎩᏍᏓ ::: restart ᏂᏚᎵᏍᏔᏅ ::: results ᏥᎭᏁᎸᏓ ::: retry ᎠᏐᏅᏍᏙᏗ ::: button ᏗᏐᏅᏍᏙᏗ ::: keyboard ᏙᏢᎯᏌ ::: update ᎧᏂᎩᏓ ::: none ᎦᏟᏌᏅᎯ ::: data ᎠᎪᎵᏰᏗ ::: message ᏗᎪᎵᏰᏗ ::: messages ᎠᎾᎦᎵᏍᎩ ᎪᏪᎵ ::: email ᏗᎦᎵᏓᏍᏔᏅ ::: errors ᎭᎴᏫᏍᏙᏓ ::: cancel ᎠᏍᏓᏩᏛᏍᏗ ::: path ᎠᏍᏆᏂᎪᏙᏗ ::: file ᏗᏍᏆᏂᎪᏙᏗ ::: files ᏗᏴᏈᏛᎥᏍᎩ ::: folder ᎤᏍᏗ ᎠᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗᏍᎩ ::: subfolder ᏧᏍᏗ ᏗᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗᏍᎩ ::: subfolders ᎯᎲᎾ ::: move ᏗᏟᎶᏍᏔᏅᎯ ::: copy ᏘᎦᏣᎴᏍᏙᏓ ::: paste ᏄᏟᏂᎬᎬ ::: power ᎠᏓᎪᏩᏛᏗᏍᎩ ::: preview ᏗᎦᎴᏴᏗᏍᎩ ::: printer ᎠᏕᏍᎦᎸᏗᎢ ::: privacy ᎦᏅᏫᏍᏙᏗ ::: prompt ᎤᎦᏅᏓᏛᎢ ::: page ᎠᏓᎦᏎᏍᏙᏗ ::: protect ᎠᏍᎪᎸᏛᎯ ::: delete ᎫᏓᎸᏗ ::: port ᎢᏤ ᎠᏱᏍᏗ ::: new search ᎪᏪᎳᎾᎥᎢ ᎦᎾᎸᎢ ::: menu bar ᏄᏛᎿᏕᎬ ᎦᎾᎸᎢ ::: status bar ᎯᏍᏚᎲᎦ ::: close ᎯᏝᎲᎦ ::: mount ᏍᏓᏯ ᎠᏠᏗ ::: hard disk ᏍᏓᏯ ᎦᎾᏗᏅᏗ ::: hardware ᏩᏂᎨ ᎦᎾᏗᏅᏗ ::: software ᏍᏇᎵᏲ ᎠᎪᎵᏰᏍᎩ ::: spellcheck ᎤᎾᏙᏢᏒ ::: program ᎬᏙᏗ ::: application ᎬᏗᏍᎩ ::: user ᎠᏚᏓᎸᏗ ::: account ᎠᏍᏚᎢᏍᏙᏗ ᎥᎧᏁᎬᎢ ::: password ᎠᏓᎵᏍᎪᎸᏓᏁᏗ ::: allow ᎭᎵᏍᏚᏓ ::: block ᎦᏐᎭᎾᎳ ::: blocked ᏧᎾᏁᎸᏗᎢ ::: games ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ::: type (type of or kind of) ᎢᏧᏍᏗ ::: types (types of or kinds of) ᏃᏅᏛᎾ ::: unknown ᏚᏂᏏᎳᏕᏫᏒᎢ ::: websites ᎤᏂᎳᏛᎢ ::: web ᎪᏪᎵ ᏫᏗᎦᏅᏗ ::: address ᏔᎵᏳᏩᎪᏗ ᎭᏐᏅᏍᏓ ::: double click ᎭᏐᏅᏍᏓ ᎠᎭᏂ ::: click here ᎠᎦᏘᏍ-ᎭᏐᏅᏍᏓ ::: right click ᎠᎦᏍᎦᏂ-ᎭᏐᏅᏍᏓ ::: left click ᏫᏓᎩᎸᏉᏛᎢ ::: favorites ᎤᏍᏗ ᎠᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗᏍᎩ ::: subfolder ᏧᏍᏗ ᏗᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗᏍᎩ ::: subfolders ᎠᎯᎸᏍᏗ ᎠᏯᏔᎾᎸ ::: control panel

A Giant leap forward!

I am pleased to recommend a site that has taken a GIANT leap forward in advancing the Cherokee language.

This site is maintained by WCU- Western Carolina University- in Cullowhee, NC and it is under the direction of Dr. Hartwell Francis and western Cherokee Elder, Tom Belt.

Here is the link so you can go check it out too: http://blog.wcu.edu/cherokee/page/10/

as with most blogs, go to the oldest as I've linked here then click on NEWER ENTRIES at the bottom to continue through the postings.

I know you will enjoy it very much! I surely have!

Learn the syllabary

If you click on this link... below... and start it... wait... it will begin after a bit... you can see and hear each letter of the syllabary-- then, when you are ready, make a set of flash cards for you to review.

try it!

http://cherokee.getonnow.net/learning/syllabaryFlashcards/

sign up NOW! so you won't miss out-- July 20-31, 2010

This may be your ONLY opportunity to study the Eastern dialect!
If you are serious about learning- take this class!
if you can only do one thing to learn the language- this is the class you should take!
The Cherokee language immersion class will be offered July 20 – 31, 2009. This ten-day class will teach conversational Cherokee language using the Total Physical Response Method and the Rassius Method developed at Darmouth. Open to the general public ages 16 and up, the class costs $500. For information, contact Bo Taylor at the Museum of the Cherokee Indian by phone at 1-828-497-3481 or by email at botaylor@cherokeemuseum.org.
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To register and pay, contact Sharon Littlejohn by phone or by email at littlejohn@cherokeemuseum.org.
The Museum’s first Cherokee language immersion class was offered in 2003 for tribal members through a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation-- this is the one I was a participant in and it was awesome!
Culture & History :: Cherokee Language
The class will be led by Bo Taylor, along with at least one Cherokee elder in every class session. The ten-day class focuses on immersing participants in Cherokee language through classroom activities, interaction with elders, and field trips. The class will not cover reading and writing Cherokee using Sequoyah’s syllabary. Participants will be responsible for their own room and board. For more info on accommodations in the area, go to www.cherokee-nc.com. College credit is not offered for this course.
Bo Taylor works as Archivist at the Museum of the Cherokee Indian and also lectures on Cherokee music, dance and spirituality. He has studied Cherokee language with Robert Bushyhead and Walker Calhoun for more than ten years and is dedicated to the preservation of the Cherokee language. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology with a minor in Cherokee Studies from Western Carolina University. He has taught Cherokee language at the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, in the Cherokee History and Culture Institute, and through the Cultural Resources Office of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. He also dances with the Warriors of AniKituhwa.
source http://www.cherokeemuseum.org/education-language.htm

Yesterday...
a young kid criticized the sharing of the language... she is a student too but she [apparently] didn't feel someone outside her own tribe [ebci] should be posting links to videos on the language... even videos others have posted... even tho the person on the video is aware of the video and of my link and is a good friend of our family.
so i spoke to some of the elders who have been assisting me...
what i was told was...
'KEEP doing it. Someone has to'
and that is what i'll do...
i started this as a way to keep records of what i've learned.. personal just for me... but someone else asked to see it and it grew...
all along i have been asking others to do this... others who know more and have more time..
that is still what i ask
if you know ANY words.. please ... share them, speak them, use them...
each word spoken is kept alive.
only when the words are silent do they die.
please... speak cherokee!
i know that this language is more important than my feelings or how people perceive me.
if you can..
use cherokee... and if you cannot yet... pick a word and learn that word and use that word.
don't do it for me-- do it for the future--do it for the language.
IF SOMEONE DOESN'T DO IT-- then what?
the old quote is true
"if not you, then who?"
NOTE-- update! I recently learned this girl is POSING as an EBCI member! she is NOT! and she is NOT enrolled in ANY TRIBE- neither state nor federal!!!!! BUT she conducts herself as if she is!!!!!!