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Heading Down The ‘Old Town Road’ To Teach The Cherokee Language


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Earlier this year, the three Cherokee tribes in the U.S. – which includes the Eastern Band of Cherokee in Western North Carolina - announced their language is in a state of emergency because of a shortage of fluent speakers. Efforts to reverse that have taken on many forms – such as at a summer camp in Graham County. That’s where campers learned to sing this summer’s #1 song - in Cherokee. “Old Town Road” by Lil NasX was undeniably the song of summer 2019. But you probably haven’t heard it like
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