This song translated in our Cherokee language will move you! Cherokee Language Master Apprentice Program Graduate Mikah Glass, 28, of Greasy led the song Wednesday during the graduation ceremony. The song is a tribute to those speakers who have passed on. | Cherokee Nation

New efforts are underway to record and preserve our beautiful Cherokee language. ❤️ The Cherokee Nation Language Department has been meeting with Cherokee Speakers to record their conversations and has already recorded 282 Cherokee Speakers speaking for a total of 352.5 hours, with a goal of reaching 10,000 hours. The hope is that these recordings will assist and be a point of reference for second-language learners in the future. Speakers being recorded for this project must be fluent and posses