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The University of Tennessee's First Indigenous Language Class

WUOT | By Chrissy Keuper
Published May 16, 2022 at 5:00 AM EDT
Micah Swimmer oversees a class of Eastern Band Cherokee language learners at the New Kituwah Academy in Cherokee, N.C. Behind him, a bulletin board displays the names of the few remaining fluent speakers of his Cherokee dialect.
Liz Schlemmer/WUNC
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https://www.npr.org/2018/12/24/674509385/to-save-their-endangered-language-2-cherokee-brothers-learn-as-they-teach
Micah Swimmer oversees a class of Eastern Band Cherokee language learners at the New Kituwah Academy in Cherokee, N.C. Behind him, a bulletin board displays the names of the few remaining fluent speakers of his Cherokee dialect.

The University of Tennessee celebrates its first indigenous language class: Cherokee Language and Culture I in the Department of Anthropology. WUOT's Chrissy Keuper spoke with UT Anthropology Professor and Department Head Barbara Heath and with Micah Swimmer, a tribal member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), who will teach the class.

Cherokee: Open Access Resources (University of Tennessee Libraries)

https://sha.org/blog/2014/04/meet-a-member-barbara-heath/
Barbara Heath
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Chrissy Keuper
Chrissy served as WUOT's News Director and host of monthly public affairs talk show Dialogue from late 2021 to early 2023. Her first job with the station was as weekend student announcer while earning her bachelor's in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee. She had previously been the station's local host for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered news programs; occasionally filled in as host for WUOT's Morning and Afternoon Concerts; and won multiple awards for her interviews, feature stories, and Dialogue.
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