#Indigenous #linguistics #NativeAmericans #Cherokee #Yale #HigherEducation
'This fall, for the first time, Yale students have the option of taking “Beginning Cherokee I.” The university is the only Ivy League institution to offer a North American Indigenous language for credit, according to Claire Bowern, a professor of linguistics who was instrumental in getting the language added to the curriculum.'
https://news.yale.edu/2023/10/06/lector-cherokee-yales-first-faculty-member-indigenous-language
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Learning Navajo (sorry if that is a bad spelling) seemed to work well in WWII, I think native languages should be learned as it keeps that aspect of the culture alive.
