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NORMAN, OK — Over the last couple of weeks, twenty public school teachers from across the fourteen county area of the Cherokee Nation have been sequestered at the U.S. Postal Training Center in Norman, Oklahoma, writing and developing a comprehensive, culturally accurate Cherokee curriculum for use in public schools.The curriculum will include Cherokee Nation History and incorporate Cherokee culture into other subject matter.

The teachers are developing age appropriate material for students ranging from kindergarteners to high school students. The group will finish their work in Norman on Friday. The end product will be introduced and displayed during the upcoming Cherokee National Holiday and be ready for distribution to schools this fall.