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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. |
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Green Book
Parasite
Joker
Marriage Story
The Silence of the Lambs
A Quiet Place
Memento
Pulp Fiction
Lady Bird
Fight Club
Knives Out
Blade Runner
Whiplash
Interstellar
Little Women
Arrival
It
The Shawshank Redemption
Midsommar
Xapiri
Return: Native American Women Reclaim Foodways for Health & Spirit
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Hong Kong Mixtape
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The Living Stone
The Crying Fields
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Atik, gardien du territoire
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Empire of My Melodious Mind
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Two Spirits
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One Book at a Time
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Mère-Bi
Inuit Languages in the 21st Century
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