North Carolina Cherokee Indians Take Steps to Preserve Language 

OMG THATS MY AUNT ON THERE!!!!!!!!!!! I wunder if Rene knows shes on youtube LoL She might just be shocked!

NDN's are not your lost tribe......or white or black peoples.....they are themselves

Cherokee Here! im happy people are doing something to preserve the language

This is so wonderful! What a great way to restore the proud history of the Cherokee.

Hi Renissa!!! It has been a looong time! God Bless The Eastern Band! Myrtle!!!

@milekrizman That small of a population is actually very alarming. Many were killed from sickness and disease. What many people are unaware of as well is in the American Southeast, Natives were originally used as slaves before the Africans were imported.

Reni! I'm so glad Reni is up here repping! I miss my Granny Myrt! She has such a DOPE mountain view... It just sucks getting up there! Look at Yoksi! Look at Beau! Awww man I love this clip!

I am a white person. And I speak for all like me when I say that we cherish the Cherokee ancestry that we have as a valuable part of our heritage, no matter how much or how little we have. We don't have to BE indian to be proud of HAVING INDIAN ANCESTRY. we practice our free right to participate in Cherokee culture without shame.

Blessings to you and your family ✝️🌹❤️

AWESOME!!

I am Cherokee and Black and proud of it a real Black Indian. :)

I wish the Cherokee language was google translate, I am dissapointed it is not the Cherokee language isn't on duolingo either that is too bad i am a English person of Cherokee ancestry, and would love to learn the language.

This are the real americans

Thank you my brothers and sisters . Keep up the Creators Wishes ...

I am particularly interested in Eastern woodland tribes (North and South).

Wonderful news!

I am white and it makes me furious what the government back then did against these beautiful people. I am not at all prejudice I really admire the native peoples. I hope the Cherokee language will live forever

cherokee has always been here i have walk in my familys foot prints in stone

Oh puhleeze if there were just PURE Cherokees you would only have a tribe of several hundred, if that.

@JOSUE1987 Of course I know that. We in Europe have couple of dozen of languages - official. You in America have only imported European languages as official - English, Spanish, French and Portuguese (Brazil). There are countries like Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay, Mexico who have some indigenous languages as co official beside Spanish, but these are exemptions.

WHERE R NATIVES IN GOVERNMENT? ~WE NEED TO MAKE MORE VIDEOS ASAP!`

Ok, I have to comment re:the real Cherokees and NA being black. Native people are many colors, and honestly you can have someone as pale as Elvis and dark as Snoop Dogg both be Cherokee. The Cherokees also had slaves, and there was a lot of intermixing happening. Also intermarriage with whites. Plus, if someone in a tribe was killed during battle, sometimes prisoners would be taken in and "placed" into that dead persons spot in the clan. Gosh, I read recently that all of the different groups were enslaving each other (though the vast huge majority was African people,to be very clear and to not minimize), thus admixture happened. Nobody was alive during the time pre colonization, so sure,we cannot say for sure what the original inhabitants looked like, but there have been paintings done that should be fairly representative. All of this to say is that if an African Americansays they are Native, and they have a lineage and/or DNA to prove it,then they are. Also goes for Asian, White, whatever.

Theres so much dang room in this country more then enough for cultural regeneration and coexistence. Yet here we are with only 300 fluent speakers from a once proud and thriving, united nation. Number that low speak of oppression and massacre from the U.S no nation that resilient, adaptive and renowned as the Cherokee simply "teeters off". They deserve their own country like they almost had before Andrew Jackson and his team of racists illegally vetoed the Cherokee concession for statehood. SO MUCH ROOM IN THE BEAUTIFUL SMOKEY"S YET THERE ARE ONLY 300 SPEAKERS. THERE ARE TINY CRAMPED AND VULNERABLE COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH MANY TIMES MORE NATIVE SPEAKERS THEN THAT. COME ON YOUR HERITAGE IS HUGE YOUR LEGACY HUGE, YET YOUR PRIDE FALTERS DOWN TO 300?! THE CHEROKEE CAN DO BETTER THEN THAT DESPITE THE INJUSTICE WROUGHT ON THEM. SAVE THE FLAME WHILE ITS ALIVE DONT WAIT FOR IT TO DIE.

My Great-grand was full blooded cherokee. I wish I could have known her and experienced hearing her stories of her life and culture. Cherokee is the main part of my heritage I hold onto and want to learn more about. My Mom and I are both very spiritual and I think if I could understand more about my cultural background (Cherokee) I can make more connections. If you know any good sites or books where I can learn more in depth about Cherokee life and morals it would be very much appreciated.

They’re from the wannabe tribe.

@FlashVirus Well most whiteAmericans actually don't have native ancetry although somevery few do. European Colonization was a terrible thing as it killed many ofus Natives and ruined our great advanced societies.

Go Cherokee (Tsalagi)! I hope they succeed. I'm at least 1/32 Cherokee and I hope to learn the language someday.

My ancestors were in this tribe

thats the Lumbee Indians

How much $$ has she donated to her native people? How many Bills has she written or sponsored that are pro Cherokee / Indian? Does she speak their language or know most of their culture? Let me guess Fauxcahontas is her 'real' name!

I’m part Cherokee on my mother side

Correct if wrong; it is my understanding those called American Indians migrated from Asia and crossed the Bering straight then down to South America. That would make them a mix of Japanese/mongol/chinese. Of course with intermarriage non of us "pure" anything anymore. Veggie dna soup we are.

its funny all these cherokee's resemble my family in such big ways

Is Cherokee official in North Carolina? Well, it should be! It is a shame that Russian federation is giving greater rights to their indigenous people then USA! USA has always had policy of 'Melting po' which is CULTURAL IMPERIALISM OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE! We should give official status to every Native language. That means signs on Cherokee, schools on Cherokee, documents on Cherokee, radio and TV stations on Cherokee...etc.

Hello, I am told that my granmothers people are cherokee indian. I am wondering how I can find out my family history

only 300 out of 14,000

These Cherokee look like Mexicans I thought all Cherokees were blue eyed whites

My grandmother was Cherokee but was much darker in skin tone. She told me how many women were raped by British and that’s what changed the skin tone overtime. The natives darker in colored were killed and ran away from the southeast.

It has begun although very slow in coming. YES

@ivegottaheadache Totally agree. It should be in Constitution that English language is only LINGUA FRANCA in USA. Indian languages should be made official in every state beside English.

I just found out I'm related to a Cherokee Indian that lived over 150 years ago...I was shocked because I didn't know one of my ancestors was a Cherokee Indian from this particular tribe in North Carolina which is just one of 3 federally recognized Cherokee Indian tribes in USA the other 2 Cherokee Indian tribes are both in Oklahoma...I'm actually proud to be related to the Cherokee Indians now that I just recently found out... now I'm not sure what percentage of Cherokee Indian blood I have running through me...I plan on taking on Ancestry DNA test to find that out... because I do know you need a certain amount and percentage Indian blood in you to be officially apart of the tribe and be able to live on an Indian reservation with your native ancestors which might be possible descendents of the Cherokee Indian I just found out I'm related to...I still might have Cherokee family members thats alive today Thats also related to same Cherokee ancestor I am...any way I'm going to do some more research on my family's history and try to find out more about my Cherokee ancestor and try to trace her and her children and other generations after them and hopefully once I piece together my Cherokee family tree I'll find out who I'm related to in this modern day and age that I'm related to possibly more like Cherokee cousin's thats currently alive today that also decend from the same Cherokee ancestor I do

I'm from the Hicks Line, my maiden name, my grandparents moved to GA from NC. 😊

WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE.. THIS IS TURTLE 🐢 ISLAND

Perhaps if everyone's great grandmother had not of been bedding down with white men for blankets, beads and booze. At one time they were a numerous people whose villages stretched all through the southern Appalachians, but early on they formed alliances and marital relationships with those who would go on to take their homelands. They even assisted General Andrew Jackson in defeating their Creek friends only to be later removed by him during his presidency. Some reward they got, eh?

아메리카 대륙 북쪽의 에스키모, 캐나다와 미국 원주민, 멕시코 아즈텍인, 중미 마야인, 남미 잉카인, 아마존 원주민 모두 한민족입니다. 요동반도와 만주, 연해주 그리고 한반도 지역에 살고 있던 우리 한민족(맥이족) 중에서 많은 수의 사람들이 기원전 10세기부터 기원후 10세기까지 약 2처년에 걸쳐 아메리카 대륙으로 지속적으로 이주하였으며, 특히 고조선 멸망 시점부터 고구려 멸망 시점을 지나 발해 멸망 시점까지 가장 많은 수의 한민족이 이동한 것으로 추정되며,이 기간에만 최소 약 1천만명 이상의 한민족이 이동한 것으로 추정되고 있습니다.이동 경로는 요동반도, 만주, 한반도로부터 러시아 연해주를 거쳐 북쪽의 캄차카 반도로 이동하였으며, 이 후 캄차카 반도에서 알류산 열도를 거쳐 배링해를 건너 알래스카에 도착하였는데, 알류산 열도에는 한국에서만 나타나는 온돌 유적이 부지기수로 발굴되고 있습니다. 알래스카에 도착한 한민족 중에서 일부는 캐나다 북쪽으로 이동하여 에스키모가 되었으며, 대다수는 캐나다 서해안을 따라 남쪽으로 이동하여 벤쿠버, 씨애틀 지역에 다수가 정착하였는데, 이 곳에도 반원형 돌칼 등 전형적인 한국 유적이 다수 발굴되고 있습니다. 벤쿠버, 씨애틀 지역에 정착한 한민족 중의 다수가 이 후 미국 내륙으로 이동하여 북아메리카의 인디언이 되었는데, 북미 지역에 거주했던 인디언의 부족명이나 거주 지역의 지명이 한국어로 되어 있는 사실이 밝혀지고 있으며, 윳놀이 등 현재의 한국과 동일한 놀이 방식과 생활 풍습이 다수 발견되고 있습니다. 캐나다 및 미국 북부 지역에 거주한 한민족 중 일부는 미시시피 강과 미국 서해안을 따라 계속 남하하여 점진적으로 멕시코 지역으로 이동하였으며, 이 후 멕시코 지역에 도착한 한민족이 아즈텍 문명을 건설하였는데, 아즈텍 문명에서는 우리의 태극 문양과 팔괘가 발견되었으며, 놀이문화, 복장, 무덤 등 우리 민족과 동일한 풍습이 다수 발견되고 있습니다. 우리 한민족은 멕시코에서 계속 남하하여 마야와 잉카 문명을 건설하였고, 일부는 아마존 밀림에 정착한 것으로 추정되고 있습니다. 이와 같이 아메리카 대륙으로 대규모로 이동한 우리 한민족이 아메리카 대륙 전 지역에 걸쳐 다수의 문화를 건설한 사실에 대한 연구가 현재 매우 빠르게 진행되고 있는 중이며, 특히 배제대학교 손성태 교수님이 이러한 연구를 주도하고 있는데, 손 교수님의 "한민족 대이동" 관련 연구 결과를 참조 시청하시기 바랍니다. 손 교수님의 연구 성과는 한국과 세계 역사를 바꿀 놀랍고 엄청난 발견이며, 신속하게 한국 사람 모두 이러한 내용을 공유 인지하는 것이 시급합니다. 천년의 흔적을 찾아서 1 (KBS 방영) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0PBnxbgkJ6M.html 천년의흔적을 찾아서 2 (KBS 방영) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-56SnOFeBm1w.html 우리민족의 대이동,아메리카원주민의뿌리를 밝힌다 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0J0TndYKjOs.html

86 letters in the alphabet. Must be a very expressive language

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Hey I know this random af but in a nut shell I recently started doing research on my family lineage and it has taken me to Rockingham North Carolina and the last name Goins, a Goinstown and a couple other interesting things. Does any of this give a vibe? Any help is appreciated.

If my great grandma is native american and great grandfather is what does that make me how much native am I ?do any body know?

I am Cherokee and Choctaw. I do have some European blood, and African, but the dominant genes are Native American. I hope to be able to speak the language of my ancestors someday, so that I can be part of preserving this important piece of American (true American) history.

I was privileged to visit the Cherokee village and museum in NC several years ago. I found it informational and most interesting. I hope by whites showing support for the Cherokee it will demonstrate that many whites do have respect for others. They cannot make up for past injustice, but they CAN move forward in a spirit of harmony. The Cherokee I met on that visit were most kind and willing to share with me what they knew. Many Cherokee have served honorably in our military.

My idea is to create an Indian charity foundation help out the tribes

watching this in 2020 for online school check

Imagine using this for class

@FlashVirus Well, european colonizers came with their guns and diseases and entire cultures and tribes were wiped out. Of course it was good, bringing livestock and technology to Indians, but it also had bad effect - weaker cultures were wiped out by European colonizers. I am not for America as it was in 1492., because that's impossible. I just want to say that we should respect heritage of Indians - languages and customs. And give better opportunities to poor tribes like Pine ridge in Dakota.

I'm from Cherokee and i proud to be a Cherokee 1/8th Cherokee and

But what does one do if they learn the language or already have a really basic understanding, but have no one else to talk to? My only family member who spoke it passed away long ago. I've forgotten most I knew because I don't live among other Cherokee. So there lies the dilemma~ how can one be Cherokee without the rest of tribe, yet the tribe is so non-accepting of those whose grandparent screwed up and didn't keep their membership with the EBCI? Also doesn't help living away from Cherokee, NC.

@lion3p0 As I said before it is a shame that Natives make only 1-2 % of total US population. They should represent at least 18 %, because German Americans are the largest ancestry group with 17 %. There should be 3 senators, and every third should be Indian from particular state.

First Americans! Do everything and I mean everything to preserve whatever languages that you speak and the cultural practices you have and REVIVE what was destroyed by European imperialism.

@angelstar1 I am Cherokee but from a young age compleatly emerged in the Hawaiian culture and spirit. I am thankful as even though this was not MY culture, it is a Native spirit filled culture and so I do not feel like a stranger now as I serch my own roots. I will tell you what I told my 1/2 sister about being Hawaiian. go there to the lands that brought you life and LIVE being who you are. You will not know untill you place your foot on anciant paths and your heart to the Creator's.

since i'm part cherokee and part black/white and cherokee tribes mated with white settlers first which count as white. that means i have two white genes and one black gene and look 100% white does that make me white?

They think language is critical, but they refused to listen to revered elders like Walker Calhoun, who was told to shut up about the immorality and degradation that gambling brought in.

@danagasta1 I'm part cherokee and am teaching myself tsalagi. I feel it's extremly important even if people around me don't. Wado.

My ancestors were the Eastern Cherokee. I’m glad effort is being made to preserve the Cherokee language. I have a book of the language to pass down to future generations. Some of my ancestors were from Cherokee NC and the others from NC lived on the southwestern part of NC.

@JOSUE1987 So, You are not Cherokee? What are You? Mexican? Puertorican? Cuban?

@JOSUE1987 You should learn Your Native language and teach it to Your children.

Irish, German, Swedish, and CHEROKEE!!!!!

I am Cherokee but I never knew how to say goidbye

I have to say, I am not American Indian but I think this is so cool! There are not many Indians were I live and many people seem to think that they are dying out or that there are not very many left. I hear though, that the American Indian population is growing and it is great to hear about programs like this. I hope that, someday, the Cherokee language comes back into everyday use in the tribe.

So awesome! I am trying to learn the language that has been lost from my grandparents on down to my generation.

my people's are from North Carolina Badin

@Gentilejedi In Europe we have nation states. I am aware that USA was founded by white Anglosaxon colonists from Europe, so they imposed their language and culture upon Native Americans. But it is sad that Natives amke only 1-2 % of total US population. And most of them live in poverty, their language and culture are diminished.

Sorry wrong video? I was looking for a truck .... O_o

incredible these women, kids need their true identity via language

if i'm only 1/16 Cherokee am I still considered a part of the tribe?

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I am quarter black and the rest is mostly Cherokee because my grandma is full native american

No offense to the Chrokee, since I'm 1/8th both Cherokee and Apache, 7/8th Black, but when they said the written language was only about 200 years old, I don't see why they need to make the language have so many characters. Is it just for the sake of standing out? Makes sense, but... just too damn many. Not as ridiculous as the Chinese languages, or all three versions of Japanese, but wow.

I am very proud to be back in Cherokee and to help tell the story.

PART CHEROKEE HERE BABY!

Im Bristisy, i think this is wonderful

God bless the cherokee pepople.

Good

@ivegottaheadache Yeah, I totally agree. I even said that Indians should be given special rights, like Afroamericans had from mid 1960's until now, when Afroamerican is the President. Why the largest ancestry group in USA are Germans (17 %). In my opinion Indians should be given jobs, better health care and education and stimulate infancy growth rate. In future I hope that Indians would become the largest ancestry group in USA (from 1 % to 18 %). Take care sis ;)

Look, did you know that Cherokee Indians say they came from the Pleiades, or that they were ancestors of the Pleiadians?❤️ I love the Pleiades StarCluster My impossível dream is Talking whit the Pleiadians!😔🙏😌

proud cherokee

I'm Cherokee

I am Cherokee

They need to show the true copper colored eastern tribes.

Everyone is Cherokee.......

John 3:16 Jesus saves

some of these people are the Caucasian 5 buc indians

I think that particular tribe in this video is called the "5 Dollar Indians"

@milekrizman To be honest, it's for the best. There's still nations today that have either a native majority or a mixed race (mestizo) majority, and they're absolute hellholes. See Peru or Mexico. European colonization was a great thing, it just didn't go far enough. Not to forget, many of us whites descended from early American colonists have some Native blood. What makes these pure blooded natives any more deserving of the land than us?

My people

I'm a so called Negro, But My Great Grandfather William Acie Williams lived in Wilmington NC 1896 Cherokee Application number: 2490, I'm a real Copper Colored Cherokee defined in 1828 Webster Dictionary definition of American.

Lol, look at these hijackers trying to take my people culture lol we were here long before anyone lol it won't work. This is proof they are not indigenous Americans, who took their language from them lol, no one, so why are they trying to learn a knock language that is supposed to be there anyway lol. They speak the language of their descendants which are from Spain, all of them Mexicans Latinos, and Hispanic speak Spanish, they are not indigenous Americans just like Mongolians, and Asians, the truth is coming out.

These are five dollar Indians .

yeah right! and im taino indian lol!