The Cherokee language
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2008
- The language and culture of the Cherokee Nation in the Appalachian region of North Carolina
Excerpt from from the documentary "Voices of North Carolina"
* at 1:34 Mark Brown is incorrectly identified as Herman Wachacha.
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About VOICES OF NORTH CAROLINA
The Old North State is home to diverse language traditions from the Outer Banks to the Southern Highlands. Cherokee and Lumbee Indians, African Americans, and first language Spanish-speakers all have a home in this linguistically rich state. “Voices of NC” features series of short educational vignettes, each focusing on a different language community in North Carolina. Southerners from all walks of life lend their voices to a universal portrait of language and identity.
A Film by NEAL HUTCHESON
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I am a native Hawai'ian. Thirty years ago,the young Hawaiians realized that if the language is lost, no more Hawaiians. They started schools that were taught in our languag, developed outstanding curriculum, data and with the U.H. Developed a wonderful Hawaiian language department. Now in malls you head out babies, teenagers and adults talking our "olelo" , our native language.It's not to late!
Hawaii
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Eeeyahwah
YHWH
I saw a really interesting doco on this Hawaiian language project (I'm in Australia). Inspiring.
@@lanceroark6386 *big eyeroll*
@@lanceroark6386 the fuck are you talking about?
close to Polynesian; right?
I think endangered languages like Cherokee should be offered to students in schools! We have enough spanish, German, and French speakers. Let a student decide to help preserve a culture
Nick C CZcams video shows that they use to write in Hebrew , so their original language might have been Hebrew .
I think so too. Especially around where there are native speakers. Then the burden isn't always on them to speak english when talking with other groups.
imightmake it It's not Hebrew, it's their own syllabary. Sequoyah came up with it in the 1820s, basing it on Hebrew, Cyrillic, and Arabic letterings.
I'm almost full blood Cherokee.
The language is dying
Many of our elders can speak Cherokee but they're passing away. I don't know any but just a few words.
Edit:
It's been a year since I made this comment and my school now has Cherokee classes which I signed up for right away. Schools near mine have programs for children to learn Cherokee as well.
I like it.
I like the way the language sounds. The things we learn in class along with language is how they made bags, belts, shoes, pots, baskets and other things so far
We learned some of the stories Cherokee people told
I've finally been giving the opportunity to learn about my heritage and the people who came before me.
I just wish I could learn it all
I'm just saying
I think it's a fun class
Amen to that!!
I think this is awesome! I’m in Oklahoma and the Cherokee here(the ones who were forced to take the Trail of Tears from NC) are offering classes to learn the language, also. I think that’s awesome!
I'm so proud of the city I live in because their bringing the Chickasaw back to their homeland, also building a 32 million dollar cultural center here in Tupelo Mississippi
What a beautiful name for a language.... Snowbird Cherokee. I love that the lady gives her grandkids Cherokee names. The elder laughing at fake Cherokees and their pretty names was very refreshing. We had the same happen in Australia - children forcibly taken from their families, we call them the Stolen Generation 😢💗🌵
There was a problem also here in Washington as well as Canada where the Canadian and United States government were stealing Native American children from their homes not because Native American children were getting abused but because the United States government and the Canadian government which I believe are in cahoots with each other two eliminates the native population by taking us away from our families Our Heritage our culture and to assimilate us into a society that hates Native American people. And most times people don't have to outright and say that they hate you that you can teach and practice hate even with words unspoken. It can happen with looks glares stealing people from their homes throwing them into jail when they have not committed a crime false accusations any type of negativity that's unwarranted I believe can also be considered hatred. And just from personal experience my son was stolen for me when they had no authority to take him from me and being a Native American Woman and also doing research about the Canadian government where they were taking Native American children from their homes in most recent decades is a modern day problem for a Native American people. After stealing my son illegally from me they put him in a non-native foster home and these non-native people were abusing my newborn son neglecting him as well in this foster home and the CFS workers didn't do a damn thing about it they were allowing these people to abuse my son. Which to me was straight up f****** racist. I felt like hell for him and when they finally put him in a Native American foster home that's when all of the the abuse and neglects stopped on my son. So I know for a fact that the US government has an agenda against the Native American people just from personal experience. Modernly speaking
Snowbird is the name of the community he is from, Tsalagi Gawonihisdi is how you say the cherokee language
So sad that all over the world the Christian’s have done so much harm to people with different cultures!!!
In Canada as well. It was a genocide
@@hettyslooter4533it’s not the fault of Christians but settlers in general. Just cause they say they’re Christian doesn’t make them one.
Don't lose your language, it is your heritage. The people of Wales kept their language alive against attempts of the British government to wipe it out.
Actually Wales is British and part of United Kingdom and no one would attempt to wipe out any indigenous language. Where did you get that idea from?
@@serenitybay5544 very poor british people we all know they never conquer any countries never killed any people
@@serenitybay5544 nice loving britishers
A lot of English living in Wales take language courses to preserve it to.Were not all barbaric!
@@serenitybay5544 thank you!The unions on the verge of breaking up,England needs Wales and Wales needs England! Like it or not!!
Never allow anyone to
steal your Native Speech
from You. It's Your Heritage. Practice it, teach it to the children, be proud of it!
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Ain't that it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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As an Irish, I support this message 🙌.
As a white man .Yes
There are free classes on the internet to learn Cherokee language, I’ve signed up for the classes. My granny was Cherokee and I want to learn to honor her and my heritage
On my Mom's side of our family we are Cherokee and my Dad's side Kickapoo. I've always wanted to know much more. Learning the language is a great start.
I’ve got no native american in me, i’m painfully european.
Would it be okay for me to learn cherokee?
what is the information on free classes to learn the Cherokee language?
@@tikimillie You should try it out! You would be helping to spread and normalize Native languages.
Yes. Anyone can learn the language. there are classes for other languages. why not Cherokee. Right.
Cherokee sounds like a language I can pick up as a native Mongolian speaker. It sounds so easy on the ears. I wish you the most strength in spirit and may your love for life keep you stronger.
Most native Americans are Mongolian
@@Meowmeowimthebiggestcat You don’t even know what Native American means sir.😆🤌🏾So please stop ✋ Native American just means you were born in America it don’t mean you are indigenous to America.🤦🏽♂️ No indigenous person of Ancient Ta’meri refers to them self as Native American. I know I don’t. I might call my self an American Indian but never native. The Native American term is applied to people who came from Asia/Spain/Siberia. That’s a fact also you can research at you’re own leisure. Population y is also something you can look up. It tells you who and what the first people of America looked like. If you read Columbus or Balboa journals as well. They say the Indians were Negroid with wooly hair and copper skin.
@@CuttahmupI listen Americans south indigenous and has some tribes theirs language links with japoneses people or Asian people.
@@Cuttahmupnope... Yenisey
@@Cuttahmupyou believe Columbus over your ancestors? 😂😂😂 it’s been proven that American Indians are genetically close to peoples from Siberia, Tungus Mongol and Türük (Turkic) peoples. We look so similar, Europeans thought that America was conquered by the Mongols in Middle Ages. An ancient book is called “Historical Researches on the Conquest of Peru, Mexico, Bogotá, Natchez and Talomeco in the 13th century by THE MONGOLS” by John Ranking (London), 1827.
That First lady speaking sounded so much like my grandmother. I can remember her speaking Cherokee when I was very young, before she died. Thank you for the memories
I like this. I am a 3rd part. Cherokee and my parents didn't or wasn't allowed to speak in cheokee. Ilike it when i see others speak out more power to you for this
Mine as well brought back great memories!
She sounds like a southern white lady from her time wheb lmao. Wtf are you talking about. She knows Cherokee language and history, but she us a product of the environment she grew up in. Ever see let's say..an Asian who is country? Same thing.
Mine too!All though she wasn't Cherokee she was Shoshone.
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There is a Cherokee Language Revitalization Project going on, thankfully
Too bad there isn't a Cherokee Nation revitalization project going. Force march all them people out of native lands: Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia. (I joke but cry, too. Millions of acres of stolen homes, businesses, and thriving communities).
I'm Cherokee and blackfoot.
@@C.Church Yeah it makes me sad to know that people really rolled up to America, saw people living on the land and were like, “yo let’s claim this land... AND kills these people while we’re at it.” Destroying everything... how could someone do that?
I dis not speak english til school either.. my fam WV CHEROKEE TRIBE.
WE BEEN SEP COLOR LABEL N SO IN MADE BE MIXED IN MANY OTHER TRIBES WHO WERE SPAVED. U CALL US INDIAN OUTLAWS..BUT WE BORN NOT CLAIM ..WE STAND WITH ALL TRIBE BORN AMERICA .
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I am a Korean woman. I recently wanted to know who my ancestors were and what my race was. So I had a DNA test, and the results of the genetic test showed that native Americans who crossed over from Siberia to the Americas are also my relatives. These results are not unique to me, but appear in the genes of many Koreans, and their songs, culture, and language are very similar to those of Korea, so it is often surprising. Our ancestors who settled in Asia from Siberia and those who migrated from Siberia to the Americas are the ancestors of Koreans. I will always support my ancestors. May their beautiful culture be cherished forever...🦅🐃🪶🕊🍁
I love this.. I have all those features especially the cheeks.. I'm 15 % Cherokee, but it won't hide.. my daddy had those same Cherokee cheeks and cold black hair that went white when he got old..he could speak a few words.. I love these people.. when I was a kid they called me dirty Indian.. I'm all grown up now, and waiting patiently for some fool to do it again, even my mother's people made fun of us..I grew up to be a beautiful woman, I'm old now, but I still carry that blood...I have much love for those people..❤
@@robynweeks6004 Do you by any chance know where someone would go to find out what tribe they’re from??
@@Kharisma_xo I knew from my family as we were all aware, she also took us to visit on the small reservation as well as the American Indian friends of hers, and other relatives who no longer lived on, but near the reservation .. she was a large part of my life when I was young.. such a great since of humor.. she would paint our faces and we wold play in the field for hours, riding broomsticks we called horses.. she was so good at sewing and making clothes blankets etc..If you know what side of your family your ancestor lived on, perhaps you can track her.. I'm not sure how many years or how far back in your family tree , she or he lived.. you can do an ancestor search..It will give you some idea who and where your family came from, It will also give you personal info on your family by telling you about others who share your family DNA.. they can tell you if you have ancestors and where they are located.. I wish you much success.. Good luck to you.. God Bless.. wish there was an easier way..😘❤
Dig further back and see that the Indigenous people of America were Already here. Before that happened.
Native Americans have East Asian and Ancient North Eurasian (ANE) ancestry (a population that doesn’t exist today).
I’m so glad the Cherokee language and culture are staying alive. May it thrive and grow.
Damn I love her mountain Accent and the Cherokee language! NC is a beautiful state
@@nicolemills824 these here ain't nothing but mixed people
@William Rogers You people talk so much trash....and are foreigners to this land.
Terrian Williams and?
@@terrianwilliams2624 Why do you choose to be racist?
69SalterStreet 😂😂😂😂😂 yeah because sayiny someone is mixed is racist. 😂😂😂😂 are you 5?
The old woman reminds me so much of my grandma.
same but she is full apache
I'm half apache half cherokee
Spice 720 she is Cherokee, not Apache...
Maarten van Rossem Lezingen mine too lol. Sometimes she speaks some of the Native words that she her father and grandfather taught her. She said her grandfather spoke in his Native language most of the time. He was said to be full Native.
Her name is amanda swimmer eastern band cherokee
Same
My Great-Great-Great Grandmother was a Cherokee. Her parents died on the Trail of Tears and she was left behind. She was raised by Scots-Irish immigrants and married one and had 6 children! I am a product of both and product of one! Thank you for sharing the history of the tribe!
I'm from South Louisiana and my parents used French to speak about things that we weren't suppose to know about; especially Christmas gifts. French from France was taught in school but not Cajun French. Big difference. It's great that Cherokee is still taught for the upcoming children.
God bless the Cherokee people, may they prosper and thrive.
+Theseus9 Thank you & GOD BLESS YOU! May LORD JESUS Bless you & keep you always in his LOVE & Prosper you as well!
Thank you and the same to you. Amen.
The last full blooded Indians died like 70 years ago. It's long over homie.
Blessing them with the god of their conquerors seems stupid. God sure as fuck didnt bless the smallpox blankets.
TheAmazingAgnostic maybe but you never know my great grandmother was a full blood Indian and she died a few years before I was born so basically in the late 90’s to the early 2000’s it’s never over.
This Lady is so beautiful in so many ways
She is
I can’t even explain it, she looks so beautiful and happy with who she is. She looks youthful and there’s a grace to her
Yes so true
She’s so smart, chill and cool.
Lovely isint it I Love from mom 71 Norwegian
the man at 6:38 talking about fake cherokee names cracks me up “princess pale moon woah look out” lmaoo
Lol that's hilarious!!!!
I have a Cherokee language study book. Trying to teach myself, and it's not easy. Learning the writing ( drawing) of the syllables will help. 🙏
@@gregburger5186 pop
@@gregburger5186 unreleated/related my great grandmothers lifelong nickname translated to "little piece of meat" even my grandmother called her this instead of "mom" and i wish i could remember the name (us grandchildren knew her as little momo) . She was born Karankawa. But was sold/adopted to a Spainish couple at a young age and was given the name Maria.
She was a fiery woman, very funny/lively and i miss both my grandmother and her dearly.
Precious Memories - my father was born in 1898 in East Texas - his mother was third generation Cherokee, she didn't read but they said she had the voice of an angel and could play any stringed instrument - I can hear my father's speech as I listen - thank you for this wonderful sad video.....
Thank you for sharing your story. You must be very old now and experienced a lot in your life. I pray for your good health.
Many blessings to all the Cherokee people! It makes me so happy to hear your culture still alive in your language.
Amen. God Bless all the Native American people 🙏🏽
It is important to teach the young the language in order to keep it alive. Gaelic in Ireland was almost dead but due to a concentrated effort it is now alive and well.
My grandfather was Irish, my grandmother was Cherokee. I want to learn my native American language, AND the native Irish language!
Celtic is the name of the language of Ireland. Gaelic is the Scottish language. The more you know! 😃
@Veronica Smith I apologise for my error. I must have confused the word Celtic with a language spoken instead of a people. I am glad to get the facts straight.
Irish and gaelic are similar but different so get your facts right, there's no need to be an arsehole about it 😑
@candom rommenter get your facts right irish and gaelic are similar but not the same
My Grandmother was 100% Cherokee her family was from North Carolina. Her last name was Nasworthy. I've always wanted to research her and my ancestors. I'm a minimum of 25% Cherokee and have always wanted to learn the language.
I want to learn the language of my ancestors too the Berber language before Arabs come to my country
I love this. I wish my daughters could learn this. Their great great grandmother was full Cherokee on their daddy’s side. I’m trying to learn as much as I can to give them this part of their past.
Never lose your proud family heritage, even though this world currently would like you to. STAND STRONG with your ancestors & family beliefs & pass those on to your children & future generations.
White men weren't always right. Your tribes respected humanity & all creatures on earth, as well as the land.
It's no longer happening now.
Stay Strong here! 💪
My great grandmother also was Cherokee married Irish man my mother was the only one with blue eyes we all got her eyes expect my sister but all the grandkids have her blue eyes as well even though spouses had brown eyes her eyes are dominant she passed Jan 2018 miss her so much
@@sherryberry2963 same her my great great also i belive
Same here my great, great grandma was full blooded Cherokee
My mom and grandma and grandpa speak Amazigh language but they didn't teach me sadly
This Cherokee woman is a precious jewel 💎
be proud that you can speak Cherokee! This is wonderful. It is something that no one can take away from you.
I'm proud to know Russian ;)
I cant im half im learning about my back story to what im mixed with
I'm 100% Anglo and it depresses me to know the history of what happened to the Cherokee language but am also stoked to see it making a resurgence in the hearts and minds of young Cherokee descendants.
Now I want to learn !
I'm Cherokee, and it is my greatest desire to speak this beautiful language
In many region in Russia, Special Sibir domestic people have simile face like Nort American Indians
Me too... Even tho I'm not Cherokee
My grandfather on my mother's side was John Cothern from Topton, NC. You are probably familiar with Red Marble Baptist Church in Topton and the cemetary with generations of Cothern's and Cothren's. My grandfather's youngest brother, Fred Cothern, wrote a book titled 'Memories of Family, and Other Stuff'. It speaks about the Cothern family and our Cherokee ancestry. We are related to the Trammel family - Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
I agree with Nick C ,the last lady to speak Cornish in England died in the 70's.Such a shame to lose our world wide rich heritage.Language unless written down disappears forever.Even written is the pronounciation right.Here in Wales Welsh is taught in classes up to 12yrs I believe.Its a very difficult language,but the Welsh have taken pride in saving it.In America I think all the Indian languages should be recorded and preserved.Lovely video.England
I wish I could learn my ancestor's language. I'm so glad to see it still being spoken.
+Rebekah S yess girl
Me too
Rebekah S yes, I'm learning it now
Charles lee Ray My dad was a mix of cherokee/navajo and mexican, mom is a mix half/half, but she got the recessive gene, she looks white. I got the same gene too, just because they look white doesn't mean they are.
Bekah M there are sites online, i started learning
The singing I wish would of been longer it stired something in my soul. I am of cherokee, chickasaw and blackfoot nation I'm very proud of my blood line. Much ♥️ to my native ancestors
Cherokee language is music to my ears. I feel comfort in knowing our language, traditions and culture are being preserved.💜
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My Dad was full blooded Cherokee. When I was growing up in the 50's I was told to never speak of it. Now I know nothing about my people.
Khadijah Brown that is so sad
My 5th generation grandmother was fullblooded cherokee
@@jewelkchatman4865 There seems to be evidence that I could be Navajo or Apache. Oklahoma has 39 Reservations and when Oil was discovered, the white man came in and took what they wanted. I am Gwen Boucher.
Yes my grandfather Roger was the same, you could see shame in his eyes when we asked about his upbringing. So sad.
There was a stigma about being "half breed". My mother is 1/2 Cherokee and born in the 50's. She would not meet her biological father until the early 90s...He was a white man with a large family and his wife must have known that he had an affair bc she was never warm or nice and would go out of her way to make us feel umwelcome. Whereas, he would want us to be around and visit. He wanted to send $ all the time. But growing up it was a lil rough as young girl for her and her brothers were all full blooded. but the man she grew up calling her dad never once treated her any different.
I really wish we both knew how to speak Cherokee. She can understand some phrases and my grandparents tried to teach me some growing up but after my grandmother passed away.visits there became harder for us.The schools in counties that make up Cherokee Nation make the language mandatory I believe.
I remember visting my grandparents and them having guests over and they would sit around conversing in Cherokee. looking back i wished i had asked for more lessons...
i love my language. we speak so beautifully and there is so much of our history in the language alone that i hope is never lost.
my indian people are cooler then yours tho lol but kidding aside we are the Mansi people
@@davefekete7187 😂😂 Choptank Nanticoke here.
@@davefekete7187 what tribe are you
I love MOST languages. they all sound BEAUTIFUL!! MOST cultures are beautiful and rich. I - too - hope this isn't lost.
It's been 14 years since this video was posted. I'm curious what has been done to preserve and to teach this language. I'm led back and back times again to learn this , my family's heritage language. Please Don't let it be lost . Teach teachers .
We have an immersion school called New Kituwah Academy where children attend from 6mo until about 6th grade. Once you walk in the doors, Cherokee is spoken almost exclusively. The children are spoken to and taught in Cherokee only. My basket mentor is a fluent speaker and works there as a teacher. They are working their way up to 12th grade. Many classes go on throughout our community by fluent speakers and 1st speakers to bring in more speakers throughout children and adults. I myself am learning it through my mentor little by little. Our school also requires the students to take the language class to graduate.
Good video! My brother studied languages at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in California. The pace of study was intense. Students had to master the language course in 36-64 weeks. Psychologically it was very difficult, but fortunately he was helped by Yuriy Ivantsiv's book "Polyglot Notes. Practical tips for learning foreign languages”. The book " Polyglot Notes" became a desk book for my brother, because it has answers to all the problems that any student of a foreign language has to face. Thanks to the author of the channel for this interesting video! Good luck to everyone who studies a foreign language and wants to realize their full potential!
This reminds me of Scottish Gaelic in Scotland. The English made it illegal for them to speak Gaelic because they didn't understand it. It was almost a dead Language but thankfully to a lot of people there and around the world it's making a come back. I would like to learn Cherokee as well as it is a part of my heritage. It would be cool to have a teaching channel for people who want to learn.
Droug too..know
Dee Dee Dee!
Borrowed from Carlos Mencia for just such an opportunity you provided with that last little ditty of sentence.
It seems the English were really into cramming their ways on everyone else, even on their indigenous neighbors.
"Use of their native language was punished severely"...something about that REALLY got to me.😔😢💔 I'm glad they at least, have a recorded history of their people. It's great to see the youth learning it in school. "The kids catch on quick." There's great hope in that!🙄
Wait until you look back in another 50 years and your children in another 70 or 80 years they will be disgusted at the way we behaved towards unborn children.....didn't even give them the dignity of life. So put that in your peace-pipe and smoke it!!
Super241946 there’s no such thing as an ‘unborn child’, that’s called a fetus
My great grandma told me what happened to her and her little brother in those schools. It's too painful to repeat
It was weird being in Window Rock the Navajo/ di'ne the young kids and grandparents could talk to each other. the parents went to the religious schools and where "taught" not to use their traditional language. All this time later they teach it in schools.
@@emilykim7255 close your mouth, and hide your ignorance.
I got goosebumps when he started singing "will the circle be unbroken", may it forever be unbroken, you can't stop the water no matter how hard you try. And it flowed as he sang, from my eyes. Amazing Grace goosebumps,🥰
No matter what language they speak, an old woman chuckling is one of the most comforting sounds you'll ever hear.
She might be Cherokee but that North Carolina accent is clear as ever 😂
I have that old NC mountain foothills accent. I try to correct myself around some people but with people I'm comfortable around, I let it fly. 😂 I love when I meet someone with my accent too. My folks came down off the mountains. Native/white mix.
I said I’m from the east coast of the state and I never realised I had such an accent until online friends pointed it out 😂
Its actually the other way around...
Cherokee had an influence on Appalachian English which also has an influence on how some Cherokee speak...
Chile.... I know that's right!!! 😂😂😂
My family has lived in North Carolina for centuries, and I live near the Qualla boundary, where Cherokee is still spoken. I don't have an ounce of Cherokee in me, but I wish this language were more widespread. I'm sad to say that even though I have lived in Appalachia my entire life, the only time I ever heard Cherokee spoken was in the tiny town of Cherokee North Carolina. It's dead everywhere else :(
Not in Oklahoma
"The language is who we are". Absolutely right. That's why we must protect and preserve every single human language on earth, no matter how many or few people may speak it. We cannot afford to lose any of them, because each one is a unique expression of our common humanity, indeed of our species.
Thank you. I'm as white as white gets and I'm married to a beautiful Native American lady. Her family had to hide their Indian heritage and she regrets that in this day. This was beautiful and it blessed me. You are a beautiful people.
Do you have Cherokee ancestry?
My Cherokee family has the same last name as yours
Colonizer
@@elvenleaf5589 hater
@@biblebeliever1611 ?
@M DE he's a colonizer and marry Cherokee woman
I love hearing these people southern accent . I live in north Carolina . But I love hearing them talk in Cherokee. I have family that still speak the nahuatl language. Native Aztec language of Mexico
It's nice to know how indigenous languages in Central and South America are still widely spoken (it's also wonderful that North America's indigenous languages are being revived), sometimes as a first language. It's especially comforting to hear that the language of the Aztecs is still spoken, although it's been heavily influenced by Spanish and lost it's polysynthetic nature that defines most Native American language. It's still an interesting language and I really hope to learn it.
Artexerxes101 thank you... it is a language ive learned over time from family
Do you speak Nahuatl?
yes
Nicenpaqui amechiz mati
Tlazo camatli
My great grandma was full Cherokee and she used to speak in "Cherokee" to me when I was little, she lived for 95 years, until I was 10. I was lucky to have known her. This makes me miss her
Tsalagisgo hiwoniha?? Do you speak Cherokee? :)
I heard a great news Story on BBC worldwide news radio late at night last night. BBC worldwide plays on many NPR radio stations between midnight-four or 5 AM, talking about the Cherokee language, and the horrible impact of COVID-19 on the Cherokee community elders. I was so sorry to hear about it I wanted to hear the language. Grateful for this video. When CZcams is used in a positive way, it’s really a miracle and a blessing.
A book brought me here; it contains some Cherokee language and I've been dying to know how they're pronounced for about 10 years now! Beautiful sounding language, I'm sorry that I probably don't do it justice or say the words properly when I'm reading 💛
i’m not cherokee but i relate to this, i wish i could learn my tribes language but it’s almost completely wiped out
@STARDUST Western white, Slavic whites have nothing to do with the genocide over American Natives. As a Serb I respect their culture and I would love for them to restore it.
@STARDUST You mean Germanics/West Europeans. The Slavs have nothing to do with the genocide of Native Americans.
@STARDUST You know history but many others don't. I saw people many times blaming "white men" in general so it's honest to say which whites in specific.
Almost completely and completely are two different things. My people (I am Wandat) almost lost our language but my tribe and the other Wandat tribes are bringing back our language nowadays. If your language is not completely lost, you shouldn't despair, you should work on keeping it alive.
It's not too late! Seek out elders and ask them to teach you. I'm sure they would love to. Our brains are made to learn language. Just listening is enough to learn a lot!
I had a great grandmother, who walked the trail of tear, and she was full blooded cherokee, and her name was lucretia quaintance...
Lol
My great great grandparents walked the Trail
Of Tears
My fourth great grandmother did do
Josh Barnardo Did she survive?
@@tyronewashington2321 what in the fuck is funny about that
My mother was raised on the Oklahoma back in the early 1900. I am very proud of my Cherokee heritage. My grandmother wrote down the history of her family which I cherish very highly.
This native Language is so amazing and mystic.
Thanks for uploading.
Many Greetings from Germany 💕🇩🇪😍
Thank you for this awesome video. I was born in Texas Mexican father and American mother. I remember being told in school "you can't speak Spanish here. You will be punished." But my grandmother taught me still. My mother taught my sons. The elders must carry on the family traditions and culture. That is what keeps this world interesting. 🌿🌹🌿
yes, sadly that happened across America and probably across the world! Many immigrants from evil governments or war-torn countries came to America and didn't want their children learning that native language so they refused to teach to their children. My mother stopped speaking to us in Spanish because my (english-speaking) father complained he couldn't understand us (he had hard time learning it), and once we moved to US, the culture and schools did the rest; we lost that language. same thing happened to my cousins. However, languages have always been so interesting to me, so I learned many (not all fluently!!) French, Greek, Chinese, and would love to learn more.
Mexicans had a language before Spanish..........Spanish English Italian French....kinda the same thing here in this particular video but I get what you're saying about culture
Same here, only for Choctaw. My fathers whole family are embarrassed of their ancestors. If they say anything, it's to make a joke.
Carry on Brother
You were threatened with punishment for speaking a different language..? Dealing with that must've been awful
Absolutely beautiful language and culture. Hopefully these past 13 years since this was posted have seen an increase in speakers. Thank you to these elders and young folks alike for keeping their culture alive despite everything against them
My great-grandmother was Cherokee. I used to braid her long silver hair and talk to her for hours. She passed away when I was in high school in 1995, but I know that she still guides me to this day. She was the bedrock of my family and a very strong woman.
The singing in the beginning reminds me of old Finno-Ugric (Finland and around it) poem singing very much, beautiful!
your language is beautiful. Like water flowing in a quiet stream. I hope your young ones embrace it and speak to one another in their own tongues.
Love this. And, I have taught my boys the cherokee language and the old ways.
Mrs 1% Cherokee jk good for yall
mountain rain? did you hear what he said about the “colorful names” watch out for those people he said, they’re fake.
@@amishprincess28 I was thinking the same thing lol.
@@uncledrewshoereview3886 miss mountain rain lol but dude dont hate she aint sayin she is full blown but even if your 1 percent its good to teach your kids natives aint savages like the histroy books painted them in school
I have an important question, my mom said she names me after one of my ancestors but I could never understand how the name Shyanne is one of there names and if it was how would it be said
It’s good to see some of the Tsalagi/Cherokee still living in their ancestral homeland and speaking their language. Don’t let what happened to our people happen to us. Our ancestors languages were beaten out of them and speaking them could get them brutally beaten, killed, or both. Language death is a death blow to a culture.
My grandmother used to sing to me and my sister in Cherokee. She used to say nature was here before us so we must honor that
This woman is genuine. I believe she is truly wise. People of all races need to be their true selves. Who desires fake over true. Surely not me. My opinion not a judgement.
It she. What Lana he did speak
I’m a Cherokee and I’ve been wanting to learn this language for a long time
Wishing you much success. Also, a pretty language.
Its never too late.
I speak it fluently and I'm from North Carolina myself
I found this site to learn the language
language.cherokee.org/cherokee-language-classes/online-cherokee-classes/
A lot of the schools in East Tennessee used to make a requirement out of learning the basics of the language and writing back in the 1980s and early 90s. For some reason the school systems got away from it.
Thanks for all information. I'm from Oaxaca Mexico I'm indigenous I speak Mixteco. Brothers and Sisters Good Bless you
I’m Cherokee, and I’ve been doing a lot of research cause I want to know more about my ancestors. I want to learn Tsalagi really bad.
저는 한국인이고 체로키노래가 고대한국어와 흡사하던데요, 한국사람들이 노래를 듣고 알아들었습니다. 한번 알아보세요.
Same.
You can sign up for free online classes through Cherokee Nation website! They're awesome! Taught by elder Ed Fields!
@@seoryeongim2535 WOW. do you mean to say, they understood it, when it was sung in Cherokee? even though they speak Korean?? That is amazing!
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After Korean linguistics explained little a bit about Cherokee version Amazing Grace, just about every Korean understand that Cherokee version Amazing Grace song.
Cherokee version Amazing Grace is absolutely 💯ancient Korean language.
There are many Native American Indian languages carry ancient Korean vocabularies.
Wow.... hearing this made me realize how much closer my great aunts/uncles/grandpa were to their Cherokee roots than I thought. Their dialect is very similar to this. Very interesting I hope we preserve these languages.
It's a shame to see someone's Native Tongue disappearing if it's not picked up by the youth. It was refreshing to see the 2 youngsters take on that attitude. I would've given anything to be born speaking what was supposed to be my own Native Tongue and not even able to recognize the meaning of words when I hear it spoken.
SMOlmec Maybe there's a language barrier, but I don't see how what you said, applies to what I said. Would you mind elaborating?
We speak the tongue of the culture that conquered us. The youth can learn it, but it won't be genuine. Sad but true.
THE REASON ITS NOT PICKED UP BY THE YOUTH IS BECAUSE THOSE FUCKING DUMBASS OLD SHITS DONT KNOW HOW TO TEACH TONES. I MEAN, YOU FUCKING THINK WRITTEN SHIT WILL HELP US FIGURE OUT THE TONES? NO. FUCK NO. FUCK IT
My grandmother was Cherokee.she looked and talked just like this older woman.Her family left the trail of tears and settled in southern Illinois.
Here I am seeking to learn the Cherokee language and no one to teach me. My great great grandmother was Cherokee, never had the opportunity to learn my Cherokee heritage. 😢 Much love !!❤❤
I really need to learn Cherokee..make my great grandmother proud❤️
I hope that enough attention gets put into the culture and language enough to evoke an appreciation for those who are interested. With a dying language but an extremely interesting culture and history, I would love to see teachers and classes that teach the Cherokee language and culture, even to the point where it's offered to high school students.
I don't consider myself Native American since that bloodline was a few greats ago, but I do come from Creek and Cherokee blood on my mother's side and this culture is still extremely important to me.
I'm 1/8th Cherokee, and other languages are fascinating, so preach it
I totally agree. Everything about the culture--its history, how it views things, what it finds important--is embedded in the language. It's so important to preserve it.
100% agree; it should be more of a focus in the United States for preservation of dying languages and teaching of local primary/L2 languages in schools
Kirsten Vrba I believe in Heritage. I love History. The only problem with histories and our educational system is that the books are written by the victors so most of the information is incorrect. But I'm not going to go there I just "peeped in to tell you that as long as you have one drop of Indian blood, you are NDN. We all still have Neanderthal woVen in with our DNA. There are many fake Indians that are just claiming to be Indian for financial gain. I spoke with a Council Member at the UCN and they want nothing from the government absolutely nothing ! and what they need from any new member is just a name that they can track.
If your spirit is telling you something you must listen!
AlaskanTrain21 Alaska? I was up there in 91 I had met my father when I was 29 I was a mail order bride baby. anyway hello Alaska!
Wado for carrying on the Cherokee language.
May Gitche Manitou Bless you all.
Steve Wild Eagle.❤️🌅🦅
I'm white but was gifted my name and accepted into the tribe in Oklahoma, not by blood but by spirit, then the Shaman told me that my spirit animal was a wild Eagle, and that one had landed by their fire the first in over 60 year's.
It changed me completely, and was the most respectful thing ever done in my 53 year's.
My path began long ago in other lives, but my catalyst was named Dave Redman taught by wananchi of the Navajo, a Great shaman I miss everyday 🌀.
My family now walk better path's guided by our Shaman Matt Grey Wolf of Cherokee decent, the old ways Must be preserved, for long after this crazy era of consumerism and Negativity is over, a new one will begin and those with The spirit of mother earth at heart will watch over her again, this cycle must never be allowed to repeat.
Love and Light Steve Wild Eagle.❤️🌅🦅
Aloha Mandy Swimmer, The Language & Life Project and everyone else who were responsible for this documentary on the Cherokee language !!!!. I love your traditions and culture. Please keep it alive for
your children and their children. I remember Dr. James R. Scales, President of Oklahoma Baptist University,
in Shawnee, Oklahoma. I was a transfer student from Hawaii and graduated from OBU in 1965. Now am
living back in Hawaii !!!!! God bless you all !!!! Sincerely, Robert S.J. Hu September 19, 2020.
6:00 oh my god, this guy cracked me up talking about "fake" Cherokee names, lol!!!
If you have one drop of Indian blood in you, You are Indian. Let the Great Spirit guide you and live in a good way.
I came to this video because I would love to learn more about my heritage. My great grandmother was full Cherokee and married a black man. When my grandpa grew older he lost contact with his 14 brothers and sisters. Only one of them still live and we have been trying to find him.
Briyanna McBride i hope you find him!
I do but I look 100% white.
I'm Cherokee :) I think it's pretty awesome.
Same here to, my Great grandmother was full Cherokee & my Great grand father was part Irish :) so I got the fair skin & blue(they are green now) eyes & the dark auburn hair but I got the High cheek Bones :)
My aunt is the reason why we have cherokee native version songs she created the gospel cherokee singing and I'm proud to be her nephew rip lucetta ward 2017 and she was also the cherokee language teacher for the elementary my other aunt Laura pinnix is the high school cherokee language teacher I would love listening to them talk all day in cherokee it's something I cant get back now
I really love that these people are keeping this alive and I love the sound of the language.
I think it's important that even mixed-blooded cherokee learn the language because if you restrict the language to the full-bloods then it will die out in short order. Scientifically speaking if all the full-bloods kept to themselves then they risk inbreeding themselves to extinction. For this reason cherokee frequently captured people from other tribes to mate with them to keep the gene pool fresh (note: I don't endorse human trafficking). I'm just saying I don't think it's feasible to keep the Cherokee culture to the full-bloods alone. In fact the reason why aspects of Native American history survive is because of us half-bloods wanting to know our history.
My Mother and Grandpa taught me some of the language, even though I'm half Caucasian.
I agree with you but it should only go to a certain extent of a person learning a Native language.
If a person is more of one race than Native, then I think it should be kept to people with a higher percentage of people with Native blood in them.
Actually American needs to keep the Treaties that was made and have laws to help protect and preserve the cultures and languages.... Canada does have rights and laws protecting and preserve the cultures and languages.....
ManofChrist101 we even have Metis which are mixed Natives with Europeans and they have a culture and language of their own....most Metis look white too....
ManofChrist101 so how would you feel if somebody with no native blood wanted to learn?
When I heard her singing in the beginning I saw my grandmother in her eyes and heard her in her voice. I miss being little and going to see her.
Same 😭🥺
For the kids to learn their own language and have knowledge of their culture is so important. This is good to hear and know that there is an effort to preserve all of it before it's lost forever. Thank you to those who are bringing this knowledge to the children. The older adults are such a treasure and a blessing.
In AZ there are fake people trying to give classes and show a type of new age fake ceremonies, so you do have to watch out where you get your lessons about the native history.
Blessing on you grandma! Teach your young people. I love Cherokee, we visit often , always have even as kids but our parents were from western NC. Your culture is beautiful and unique.
My husband that passed was part cherokee. God I want him back. I loved him so much.
My g g grandmother walked the "Trail of Tears" in 1834! She met Sgt. Charles Fleetwood at Fort Gibson, Oklahoma! She wrote her account of it that I have in a book!
She also attended a Christian school but Jackson still ordered them out!
Shame on Jackson....
Yes. I don't think he belongs on a 20-dollar bill or any other currency for that matter. It's a shame he's been chosen to represent the country that way.
i live in auburn ny, where the tourist board is waiting with baited breath for the change to harriet
Jackson was a democrat
Put sequoyah not Harriet
luciferangelica I was born in Auburn, NY.
That's my aunt Laura teaching this class at the end I'm proud to have found this
Im from france but im am descendant of cherokee and i am so so proud of this..my biggest dream is to go with my grandpa to this reservation. He never know his father ( Joseph Walter) and maybe he still got family in north carolina. My heart is so touch by these seperation and i really want to go back home...It s strange, but i feel like something pulling me to this country. Maybe im too curious about my origins. I just want to say it.
These videos are great. Very educational.
I didn't know folks still spoke Cherokee.
I hope they manage to preserve their language and culture. More than just Cherokee tradition - its an American legacy and it should never be lost.
This makes me feel so grateful that my parents spoke to me in our native language when I was growing up. I learned that way.
Do understand growing up , its natural years of using this
My wife grandmother spoke Cherokee, her mother never past it on lost, again my mother's grandmother was Cherokee. Language not used , lost also
my father grandmother was Creek and Seminole born 1888 I loved her so not a word used to pass on
Lost
Unsure their reasons .
As I listen my thoughts ,
Can see a love , strong bond,
To hold too. Even a kindness, to listen to your hearts to pass
Was Saved..Even for years to come .On to others its a blessing
So many ways, so Grateful
Again Thank you everyone
This is 14 years old. I wish it was hours long.
More of the language has died...along with these beautiful people. Rest in paradise.
It's awesome knowing my ancestors spoke this language
Me too.
Same
Language defines our identity and ought to be preserved in all cultures.Lessons learnt from this video.Thanks.
☺thanks
My grate grate grandmother was full blood Cherokee Indian I love the songs and the language
I love this, it put tears in my eyes. I have some Cherokee heritage and would love to learn their language
I love grandmas and when I lost mine I Started Loving them even more... anyway it's good that you keep your heritage ... you are The Real Americans in my eyes...
I am Hungarian,and that language is very old nobody knows how old it is. All I can say it should be Cherokee school. Do not loose your language that is a living treasure, who knows how old it is 10 000 or 100 000 year.If you have your language you have your tree alive, that is your root.
Hello I'm sorry I missed your live today I got some rest I finally got to join your family I'll check your content out thanks for your support
my grandma was full Cherokee and the lady in the beginning reminds of her...best grandma a kid could ever have.
im 100% cherokee im 13 my first language was cherokee so yea
cool
+Fleece Johnson sumtimes but be have a syllabus
Yeah and your name sounds 100% Cherokee haha
+Joseph Morgan is ur dad John Redcorn?
+Fleece Johnson yea. I'm from Cherokee descent but never learned it. I downloaded the Cherokee keyboard to see what it looked like and their alphabet is completely different. (Extremely intimidating too...)
Singing Amazing Grace in Cherokee is Such a Beautiful Song.....
Fuck the American anthem
@@zeltzintlachinolli2806 lmao, man.
Amazing Grace is an ugly horrible song. Morons voluntarily becoming slaves to a ridiculous notion that they are "wretches" who need saving. Saving from WHAT? From the hell their loving god will sentence them to? These primitive barbaric beliefs are damaging and need to be gone.
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The wretch is the slave trader that wrote it.
@@spaceghost8995 --I Hope that God Allows you to Enjoy His Amazing Grace before you are Called into Eternity!!!
Good documentary. Thank you.
Thanks for showing this